With the recommendation of the airline’s internal committee, so far only three passengers have been put on the no-fly list in the year 2023, whereas last year a total of 63 passengers were put on this list.
Airlines No Fly List: If you travel in flight and are found violating the rules of airlines, then you need to be careful. Otherwise you can be in big trouble. Because many Indian airlines including Air India, Vistara and Air Indigo have been in headlines for the past few days. During air travel, there are always incidents of many passengers violating the rules of the airlines. In this, most of the passengers either do not wear masks and some misbehave with the crew members. For this reason, in the last one year, 63 passengers have been kept in the no fly list.
Minister of State for Civil Aviation General Dr. VK Singh has said that on the recommendation of the airline’s internal committee, only three passengers have been put on the no-fly list in the year 2023, while last year a total of 63 passengers were put on the list. These include two incidents of urination that came to the notice of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation in the last 1 year.
- AI-102 Flight New York to New Delhi dated 26.11.2022
- A financial penalty of thirty lakh rupees has been imposed on M/s Air India.
- A financial penalty of three lakh rupees has been imposed on the Director Flight Services of M/s Air India.
- The pilot-in-command’s license has been suspended for three months.
- AI-142, Paris to New Delhi dated 06.12.2022
- A financial penalty of Rs.10,00,000/- (Rupees Ten Lakh only) has been imposed on M/s Air India by DGCA.
What is no fly list
Such people have been kept in the no fly list, who have been banned from traveling in Indian airlines. It has been formed to deal with unruly passengers or to deal with other issues. People coming in this list cannot travel by Indian Airlines. The Ministry of Civil Aviation introduced the No Fly List in the year 2017 to respond to the increasing incidents of misbehavior in flights. According to the data available by the Ministry of Civil Aviation, a total of 143 people have been placed on the no-fly list since 2017.
Important initiative of the government
It is noteworthy that a no-fly list is prepared by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, which includes specific information related to the passenger involved, contact details of identity documents, date of incident, sector, flight number, period of ban, etc. Although the no fly list is an important initiative of the government to identify the passengers and temporarily stop them from air travel.
