DGCA convenes meeting to discuss rules for safety operations

New Delhi: The DGCA has convened a meeting of all domestic airlines tomorrow to discuss rules to be put in place to ensure that safety operations on flights are not hampered when the cabin crew are busy selling merchandise to passengers on board an aircraft.
While only two low-cost carriers, GoAir and IndiGo, at present have the system of in-flight sale of items like pens, watches and cosmetics, the other domestic airlines do not offer such services. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has asked the airlines to stop onboard sale till proper procedures were put in place, official sources said, adding that food and non-alcoholic drinks are not covered by this order. Prohibiting the physical sale of merchandise on board in domestic sectors, the DGCA order said the regulatory body has not granted approval to any domestic airline to sell merchandise on domestic sectors.
03/09/09 PTI/Livemint

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Categories: Indian Aviation- In General Sep 2009