Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has sought a response from the Air India and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on a petition of an AI pilot, claiming the airline was not following safety measures for COVID-19 while bringing back Indians stranded abroad.
The pilot, Deven Kanani, in his plea claimed a circular issued by the Government of India on March 23, 2020 laid some conditions to prevent the spread of COVID-19 while bringing back Indians stranded abroad due to the pandemic.
However, the condition pertaining to keeping the middle seat between two passengers empty was not being followed by the Air India, he said in the plea.
Kanani submitted photographs of an Air India flight operated between San Francisco and Mumbai where all seats were occupied.
Air India counsel Abhinav Chandrachud, however, opposed the plea and told the high court that the circular of March 23 has been now superseded with a new circular issued by the Government of India on May 22, 2020 while permitting domestic flights to operate from May 25 The new circular does not say the middle seat needs to be kept empty, Chandrachud told the court.
He said all precautions required to prevent the spread of COVID-19 are taken while bringing back passengers to India from abroad.
24/05/20 New Indian Express
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The pilot, Deven Kanani, in his plea claimed a circular issued by the Government of India on March 23, 2020 laid some conditions to prevent the spread of COVID-19 while bringing back Indians stranded abroad due to the pandemic.
However, the condition pertaining to keeping the middle seat between two passengers empty was not being followed by the Air India, he said in the plea.
Kanani submitted photographs of an Air India flight operated between San Francisco and Mumbai where all seats were occupied.
Air India counsel Abhinav Chandrachud, however, opposed the plea and told the high court that the circular of March 23 has been now superseded with a new circular issued by the Government of India on May 22, 2020 while permitting domestic flights to operate from May 25 The new circular does not say the middle seat needs to be kept empty, Chandrachud told the court.
He said all precautions required to prevent the spread of COVID-19 are taken while bringing back passengers to India from abroad.
24/05/20 New Indian Express
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