Getting off plane at midpoint
I know most commercial pax flights are point-to-point, but occasionally there are regular scheduled flights which begin at airport A, fly to airport B, stop for 30 mins to pick up more pax, and then fly to airport C
Assume A, B and C are all in the same country, and no flying over other countries. Assume tickets from A to B (or anything similiar) are not sold by any airline. Assume the aircraft has more than 20 pax - so no exceptions for puddle-jumpers. Single set of crew and aircraft throughout.
For a normal commercial airline, what are the barriers to prevent a passenger travelling with just hand luggage from buying a ticket A -> C but leaving the aircraft at B and not returning to the aircraft ?
Is there a formal requirement to do a full security sweep at B, if one or more pax get off at B ?
Note - I'm hoping for an answer that doesn't involve the police and is relevant to 2021... not what you were able to do in the 1980s ! :-)
Last edited by davidjohnson6; 28th Jul 2021 at 15:44.