According to the orders of the Ministry of Civil Aviation, now passengers can be provided with food, drinks as well as reading material like newspapers in short-distance flights. This order has brought great relief to the passengers.
auto desk. After improving the situation of Corona crisis in the country, the central government has taken a big decision. The Ministry of Aviation has lifted the ban imposed on all airlines on food,
drink and other facilities without any restriction on all flights. Now these items can be served to the passengers. Books of other prominent readers including newspapers will be provided to the passengers on demand.
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ministry of civil aviation has issued instructions in this regard as earlier facilities will be available in the flight . According to this, passengers can now be provided with food, drinks as well as reading material like newspapers in the flight
. The Ministry of Aviation said in its order, ‘Airlines operating flights on the domestic route can now provide catering services in the plane without any restriction of flight duration.’ According to the order, airlines can now also provide reading material like newspapers, magazines inside the plane.
Restrictions were imposed during the second wave of
Corona Let us tell you that to prevent the spread of Corona, many types of restrictions were imposed in civil aviation. Due to this, the availability of reading material including catering in short distance flights was banned. On April 15 this year,
the central government had banned the distribution of food on all flights which are of two hours or less duration. Now this restriction has been removed under the new instructions.
Madhya Pradesh government reduced VAT on air turbine fuel
In order to increase air connectivity, the Madhya Pradesh government has reduced Value Added Tax (VAT) on Air Turbine Fuel (ATF) at Bhopal and Indore airports. This move of the government is expected to reduce airfares. Let us tell you that in the beginning of November, the Central Government had reduced the excise duty on petrol and diesel. After which the state governments have also reduced VAT on petrol and diesel.