The ban starts on Friday, September 18 and will be in effect until October 3. In addition, the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority also sanctioned Air India Express for covering all medical and quarantine costs of positive COVID-19 patients who were transported to Dubai.
Dubai authorities have suspended all Air India Express flights for 15 days for allegedly twice transporting patients with positive coronavirus to the city of the United Arab Emirates.
The ban starts on Friday, September 18 and will be in effect until October 3. In addition, the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority also sanctioned Air India Express for covering all medical and quarantine costs of positive COVID-19 patients who were transported to Dubai.
The authority alleged that two passengers who tested positive for coronavirus flew to Dubai twice while their COVID-19 control reports were positive.
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“You are aware of our previous insinuation we made to you through our letter dated September 2 to board a passenger with a positive coronavirus check, which endangered the other passengers on board and also a serious risk of physical fitness,” the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority said. in a letter to the airline.
It further stated that allowing a patient to board a COVID-19 positive patient violated established procedures for air travel to and from Dubai airports during the pandemic.
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“As a result, all Air India Express operations to Dubai airports are temporarily suspended for 15 days from 15:01 a. m. Friday, September 18, 2020 to 11:59 p. m. on October 2, 2020,” the authority said.
In the meantime, to resume flights to Dubai, Air India has been asked to submit a detailed corrective action plan implemented on the chart and in the brain to prevent such incidents in the future.
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