Airlines usually are not permitted to serve meals in flights which have a length of lower than two hours, the Civil Aviation Ministry mentioned on Monday, as coronavirus circumstances proceed to soar within the nation.
The ban will come into impact from Thursday, the ministry mentioned in its order.
When scheduled home flights have been resumed on May 25 after coronavirus lockdown final yr, the ministry had allowed the airways to serve in-flight meals below sure situations.
Modifying the earlier order, the ministry’s contemporary directive mentioned: “The airlines, operating flights on domestic sectors, may provide meals services on board, where the in-flight duration is two hours or more.”
The ministry acknowledged it has determined to overview the on-board meal companies in home flights contemplating “the increasing threat of COVID-19 and its variants”.
