The Supreme Court was informed on Sunday by the General Directorate of Civil Aviation (DGCA) that the tickets reserved by passengers on national and international airlines for air travel between March 25 and May 3, 2020, which were the first two phases from the blockade, they will be “fully reinstated.”
“The non-return of air tickets booked during the blockade and the creation of an involuntary credit deposit by the airlines is a violation of the Civil Aviation Requirements and the provisions of the Aircraft Rules of 1937,” said the DGCA to SC, according to reports.
Previously, SC had issued a notice to the Center and the DGCA in a request for a full refund of tickets for flights canceled due to the coronavirus-induced blockade in the country.
On June 12 according to a mint In the report, SC bench had asked the Center and the airlines to submit a response on the matter within three weeks. The bank had also proposed that airlines provide a two-year credit against flight bookings that were canceled during the lockdown.
The higher court had ordered the civil aviation ministry to schedule a meeting with the airlines and to devise modalities to make refunds to passengers.
In addition, in April, the Center asked airlines to refund full fares, without imposing cancellation fees, to those who booked tickets during the first blackout from March 25 to April 14 to travel between March 25 and March 3. may.
The ministry has asked the Directorate General of Civil Aviation to ensure that airlines comply with its directive.
Since the first week of April, airlines had resumed travel bookings after April 14, anticipating that the national blockade would be lifted to curb the spread of Covid-19. Once the blockade was extended, the airlines postponed the resumption of flights.
Meanwhile, on August 31 the central government extended the ban on international commercial passenger flights to and from India until September 30, except for the exceptions mentioned by the government.
Scheduled international passenger flights have been suspended in India since March 25 in the wake of the novel coronavirus outbreak. Domestic flight operations were allowed to resume from May 25, albeit with limited capacity, after an interval of two months.
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