The Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) on Thursday (January 18) issued instructions to airlines, emphasising that they should refrain from parking their aircraft in remote bays and prohibit passenger disembarkation on the apron in case of extended flight delays.
This directive follows the recent incident at Mumbai airport where passengers of a diverted Goa-Delhi IndiGo flight experienced delays and had to endure dining on the tarmac. In response, regulatory bodies, including BCAS and DGCA, imposed penalties on IndiGo and Mumbai airport operator MIAL.
