A correction to this story was published on June 10.
Following the UAE’s implementation of new entry requirements, travellers must now book their onward and return tickets with the same airline to avoid confusion when passing through border control, reports omanorama.com.
In some instances, passengers with return tickets booked with a different airline from their arrival airline have been denied boarding their flights.
This has resulted in some visitors submitting dummy return tickets and cancelling the return flight upon their arrival in the UAE. As a result, visitors have been urged to book one roundtrip ticket with one airline to easily verify and validate the ticket when issuing the boarding pass.
“When a passenger is denied entry by the immigration section of any airport, the passenger’s return becomes the airline’s responsibility. In this process, the carriers lose money on seats,” Bharath Aidasani, Managing Partner at Pluto Travels, told khaleejtimes.com.
“To avoid these circumstances, travellers who are not carrying the required documents and cash, are being denied boarding at the departure airports.”
