The captain of the 30,000-gt Azamara Quest (built 2000), Jose Vilarinho, told Indian reporters: "If India wants cruise liners to call on its ports then the procedures have to change.

"When the immigration and customs formalities are completed in a short time at Indian airports, the ports can also do that."

He said the Royal Caribbean company is considering taking India off its route map from 2017.

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