New Delhi:
According to an internal memorandum and a source familiar with the case, India’s aviation regulator has temporarily allowed Air India to extend the maximum duty for hours and pilots for pilots to expand the maximum fee and the remaining duration, allowing the airline to deal with Pakistan’s airspace ban.
The exemption starts for about two weeks starting from April 30 and according to the memo, is applicable to Airbus and Boeing Long-Hall Jet, and is to cover flights to destinations in the US.
Rebate extends the maximum flight duty period – usually the time between reporting and ending of flight -related activities for duty – for pilots and cabin crew, the memo showed.
The Ministry of Civil Aviation of Air India and India, which is the Directorate General of Regulatory Civil Aviation (DGCA), could not be immediately reached for comment.
The Indian airlines are doing high fuel costs after closing their airspace for the country’s carriers for the time of long-term travel as tension between the nuclear-skills neighbors was erupted after the attack on tourists in Kashmir last week.
Reuters reported on Thursday that Air India hopes that if the ban from Pakistan stays for one year, and the federal government has been asked to compensate for the hit.
According to the memorandum sent to the pilots and the memorandum viewed by the Reuters, the maximum pilot flight duty for 12 -hour flight is 16 hours compared to the last 14 hours, while for flights above 14 hours, the duration of duty has increased to 24 hours instead of 22 hours.
The duration of additional comfort of four hours and 12 hours on the current boundaries is also planned for the crew at the lowovers and home base respectively.
The Memo, which was previously reported by The Economic Times newspaper, has stopped concerns among pilots about the increased work of air travel in India at one time, an Air India Pilot said the Reuters were “peak”.
The DGCA said that the source familiar with the Airlines is regular conversation with the pilots and the cabin crew. The pilot and the source were named as they were not authorized to talk to the media.
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