DGCA issues fresh guidelines for Air passengers, makes face mask mandatory in flights
New Delhi: In the wake of rising Covid cases the Directorate General of Civil Aviation DGCA today issued fresh guidelines for Air passengers. Importantly, as per the guidelines it will be now mandatory to wear face mask inside the flight and in the Airport.
“The airlines shall ensure that all passengers are wearing face masks properly and continue to wear the mask throughout the journey. The face masks can be removed under exceptional circumstances and for permitted reasons only,” the DGCA said in the guidelines.
In the order, the DGCA further said the passengers will be removed from the aircraft before departure if they are found without face mask and not following COVID-appropriate behaviour.
In line with Delhi HC order, aviation regulator DGCA issues new Covid norms for airports, aircraft making masks mandatory throughout the journey, and permits mask removal only under exceptional circumstances. Violators may be treated as ‘unruly passengers’.
— ANI (@ANI) June 8, 2022
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