MUMBAI: Dubai has banned all Air India Express flights for a period of 15 days after the airline, for a second time, boarded a passenger who had a Covid positive test report. The latest case happened on board a Jaipur to Dubai flight on September 4.
Dubai civil aviation authority in a letter sent to Air India Express on Thursday named the passenger concerned who was seated on 4C on board flight IX 1135. The said passenger was issued a Covid positive test report on September 2 by a diagnostic centre in India, said the letter naming the passenger and the diagnostic centre.
“You are aware of our previous intimation made to you by our letter dated September 2 for boarding a passenger with a Covid-19 positive test result, who endangered the other passengers on board also cause a serious health risk,” the letter said.
