Govt bans meals in flights of duration shorter than 2 hours

April 12: In the backdrop of the surge in Covid-19 cases, the Ministry of Civil Aviation has banned meal services on flights of duration shorter than two hours on domestic routes. This new order will come into effect from Thursday. However, there were no restrictions issued on in-flight meals on international flights as of now.

In all classes, tea, coffee, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverage services will be in disposable cans, containers, bottles, glasses. There will be no pouring service and beverages will be served in single-use disposable units. The airlines operating flights on domestic sectors may provide pre-packed snacks, meals, pre-packed beverages as per the policy of the airlines, wherein the flight duration is two hours or more.