Home / Companies / News / DGCA, airlines & 24-hr confusion over in-flight photography ban diktat

DGCA, airlines & 24-hr confusion over in-flight photography ban diktat

Multiple airlines informed the DGCA that they were amending their in-flight announcements to include an additional line about ban on mobile photography and related disciplinary actions

in-flight, flights, passengers, air hostess, airlines,aviation

Premium

Experts said the regulator doesn’t have the power to impose financial penalty and is forced to threaten airlines to act or face disruption in operations

Arindam Majumdar New Delhi

4 min read Last Updated : Sep 13 2020 | 11:02 PM IST

An angry regulator warning airlines with two-week suspension of routes if they don’t enforce a ban on on-board photography led to CEOs scratching their heads on how to stop mobile photography and anxious flyers asking if clicking a selfie may lead them being included in the dreaded ‘no-fly list’.

Multiple airlines such as IndiGo and GoAir informed the DGCA that they were amending their in-flight announcements to include an additional line about ban on mobile photography and related disciplinary actions.

“Thank you stupid Indian media and television. You have made the government reverse its own policy of photography on board aircraft. All

Topics : DGCA Indian airlines photography Civil Aviation Kangana Ranaut

What you get on BS Premium?

Unlock 30+ premium stories daily hand-picked by our editors, across devices on browser and app.
Pick your 5 favourite companies, get a daily email with all news updates on them.
Full access to our intuitive epaper - clip, save, share articles from any device; newspaper archives from 2006.
Preferential invites to Business Standard events.
Curated newsletters on markets, personal finance, policy & politics, start-ups, technology, and more.

VIEW ALL FAQs

Need More Information - write to us at assist@bsmail.in