DGCA reports slew of measures for airlines, airports on social distancing

Mumbai: Aviation regulator DGCA on Monday came out with a slew of measures for airlines and airports on social distancing, which include ensuring adequate space between passengers and check-in counters and leaving one seat vacant between two passengers, among others.

Other than keeping up sufficient dispersing at registration counters between travelers (least one meter) and furthermore between singular counters, aircrafts additionally need to guarantee accessibility of satisfactory staff for managing the travelers at registration counters and during security checks, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) expressed in its round to every single planned carrier in the nation and air terminal administrators.

Airlines have also been asked to ensure that boarding is done in a



manner to avoid bunching of passengers at any time and also ensure adequate spacing between passengers in boarding lines.

According to the circular, the seat allocation at the time of check-in to should done to in a manner to ensure that the seat between two passengers is kept empty and the cabin crew has to maintain adequate distance while serving the passengers.

At the same time, airport operators have been advised to ensure adequate check-in and security counters to avoid congestion and also sufficient staff at these places to guide passengers to avoid bunching.

The airport operators have also to ensure sanitizers are provided at all prominent locations and carry out repeated public address announcements to sansitize passengers and airport staff, it said.