Delhi govt orders FIRs against four airlines for not checking negative RT-PCR reports
April 19, 2021
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Delhi government has ordered lodging of FIRs against four airlines — IndiGo, Vistara, SpiceJet and AirAsia India — for carrying passengers from Maharashtra to the national capital without valid RT-PCR reports.
It may be recalled that the Delhi government had mandated that airlines should check Covid-19 negative reports of flyers from Maharashtra. It had ordered that a negative RT-PCR report not older than 72 hours prior to undertaking the journey shall be compulsory for all such persons who are arriving from Maharashtra to Delhi by air. The passengers who are found without a negative report will have to remain in quarantine for 14 days, the Delhi government had said.