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Mangaluru: 6-month-old denied boarding at Kuwait airport, allowed after ministry intervenes
Sun, Jul 18 2021 12:45:25 PM
Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (MS)
Mangaluru, Jul 18: Air India officials allegedly stopped a woman of Mangaluru origin and her six-month-old baby from boarding a flight to Mangaluru at Kuwait International Airport for want of the baby s RTPCR test certificate.
Union minister Shobha Karandlaje intervened in the matter, and together with the Indian foreign ministry, was able to resolve the matter in 10 minutes and the mother and baby were later allowed to board.
Aditi Suresh Karopady, a native of the city, who lives with her husband in Kuwait was about to board a flight to Mangaluru from Kuwait airport on Saturday along with her six-month-old baby. Aditi had got RTPCR negative report with her. However, she did not get the same done for her baby as the travel agent in Kuwait as well as the Air India officials had reportedly told her that it was not
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Congress leader Ivan D’Souza s tirade came after an airline withdrew its Mangaluru-Delhi flight recently.
MANGALURU: All India Congress Committee (AICC) secretary and former MLC Ivan D’Souza on Wednesday squarely blamed the Airports Authority of India (AAI) and the MPs from the region for the steady decline in fortunes of the Mangaluru International Airport.
D’Souza said that a `Save Airport campaign would be launched if the laissez faire policy continues to affect the airport and the people of this region.
He told reporters that although 16 years had passed after international status was accorded to the Airport, barring Middle East, the AAI and MPs had failed to develop it as a hub for international tourist destinations like Sri Lanka and east Asian countries.
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