Under the existing guidelines, airlines are not allowed to serve meals on flights whose duration is less than two hours.
Meals on Flights: Meals on flights can be resumed on flights of less than two hours duration. The Union Health Ministry has informed the Civil Aviation Ministry in this regard. The Ministry of Civil Aviation had sought suggestions from the Ministry of Health to amend the existing rules.
Sources said, “The Health Ministry has now informed that serving of food can be resumed on flights of less than two hours duration and crew members are not required to wear full body cover (PPE kit), but Wearing of gloves, mask and ‘face shield’ should be continued.”
Under the existing guidelines, airlines are not allowed to serve meals on flights whose duration is less than two hours. This ban came into effect from April 15. When domestic flight services were resumed on May 25 last year after the lockdown imposed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the ministry allowed airlines to serve food in-flight under certain conditions.
A source said, “In view of the decline in the number of daily COVID-19 cases, the Ministry of Civil Aviation is reviewing the in-flight meal services during domestic flights and has sought suggestions from the Health Ministry to amend the existing guidelines.”
According to the updated data of the Ministry of Health till 8 am on Saturday, after the arrival of 11,850 new cases of virus infection, the total number of infected in the country increased to 3,44,26,036. At the same time, the number of patients under treatment has come down to 1,36,308, which is the lowest in the last 274 days.
At the same time, due to the death of 555 more patients, the number of people who lost their lives due to the epidemic has increased to 4,63,245.
The daily increase in new cases of corona virus infection has been below 20,000 for 36 consecutive days and it has remained below 50,000 for 139 consecutive days.
