Spot fines, higher surveillance: DGCA on better compliance of Covid-19 protocols

Aviation regulator DGCA has found the compliance of Covid-19 protocols at the country’s airports to be “not satisfactory”, and consequently asked all airport operators to step up surveillance while exploring the possibility of imposing spot fines to those violating rules such as improper wearing of masks and social distancing.

Meanwhile, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has also approved 18,843 domestic flights per week in the summer schedule of 2021, which will last till October 30. This is 80 per cent of the full summer schedule of 22,980 flights per week, and around 77 per cent of the 2020 summer schedule that was approved for 24,409 flights every week.