The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has issued a new order regarding air travel, under which certain people will not be able to travel by air. Major changes have been made in the rules of air travel by DGCA. Now under the new order, whether any disabled person is fit to travel by flight, it will not be decided by the airline companies, but it will be decided by the doctor.
If the doctor tells a passenger to be unfit, then that passenger will not be able to travel. That is, without informing the doctor, now the airlines company cannot stop a passenger from traveling. There have been many incidents in which passengers were misbehaved by the airlines and they were prevented from boarding the plane.
In this new order given to the airline companies by the DGCA, the regulatory of airline companies, it has been said, ‘The airline will not refuse to travel on any passenger on the ground of disability. If an airline feels that the health of the passenger may deteriorate during the flight, then the said passenger will have to be examined by a doctor’.
The doctor will give information about the medical condition of the passenger. Only the doctor will tell whether the passenger is fit to fly or not. The airline companies will be able to take a decision only on the advice of the doctor.
This decision has been taken keeping in mind the incident when the airline company at Ranchi airport refused to allow a disabled child to board the plane. After the truth of this incident came out, there was a lot of opposition to it. Then, showing strictness on this action of Indigo, DGCA also imposed a fine of Rs 5 lakh. And then after this DGCA issued this order.
