New Delhi: Four private Airlines today banned Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad from flying after he beaten up an Air India officer yesterday.
According to the Federation of Indian Airlines sources (FIA), which has Jet Airways, IndiGo, SpiceJet and GoAir as its members, has taken a “strong view of the incident and accordingly taken a decision to bar Gaikwad from flying.”
The FIA official said in a statement that it will not allow the Sena MP to fly on its member carriers.
For the meantime, Budget carrier IndiGo today said it will support any move which bars unruly passengers from flying, a day after Air India said it was mulling preparing a no-fly list for such people.
Pvt Airlines ban Shiv Sena MP for beating AI staffer
IndiGo President and Whole Time Director Aditya Ghosh told media persons, “We will support a no-fly list.”
Gaikwad yesterday repeatedly beaten up a 60-year-old Air India officer with his sandal over being unable to travel business class despite having insisted on boarding an all-economy flight.
The national carrier has filed two FIRs against the MP, while the Shiv Sena has sought an explanation from him.
