Dubai Civil Authority has reportedly suspended Air India Express for 15 days after a passenger tested positive for COVID-19.?
After a COVID-19 positive passenger was found on a flight, all operations of?Air?India?Express?to?Dubai?Airports?was temporarily suspended for a duration of 15 days till October 2.
In a notice issued by?Dubai?Civil Aviation Authority, the operation was suspended after a COVID-19 positive passenger was found onboard a Jaipur-Dubai?flight on September 4.
"All operation of?Air?India?Express?to?Dubai?Airports?suspended for 15 days till October 2 after a COVID-19 positive passenger was found onboard a Jaipur-Dubai?flight on September 4. It was 2nd such instance," said SA Kankazar,?Air?Transport and International Affairs Sector,?Dubai?Civil Aviation Authority.
"We write with reference?to?flight No. IX1135 operated by?Air?India?Express?on 4th September 2020, from Jaipur (JAI)?to?Dubai?International Airport, bringing on board a passenger named Kartar Sing Ram Sahay Bairwa Bairwa, Passport No. K6192832, with a positive test result for COVID-19, issued on 2nd September 2020 by the Suryam Diagnostic Centre, arrived in the aforesaid flight (Seat 4C)," the notice further read.
It said the airlines will be notified?to?pay all the expenditure incurred by the respective authorities for medical services and quarantine of any passengers.
"In addition?to?the suspension of operation, you will be further notified?to?pay all the expenditure incurred by the respective authorities for medical services and/or quarantine of any passenger(s) and the other passengers in that flight and also any other expenditure connected thereto," the notice further reads.
According?to?the notice, for the resumption of operation?to?Dubai?Airports, the?Air?India?Express?will have?to?submit a corrective action/procedure implemented?to?prevent such incidents from occurring again.