JOIN USCivil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju on Saturday asked Air India Chairman and Managing Director Rohit Nandan to submit a report on flights delayed by VIPs.
The instruction came after a controversy erupted over incidents involving Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Union minister Kiren Rijiju in which flights were delayed.
Air India had to delay the flight from Leh to Delhi as Rijiju and Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh reportedly arrived late at the airport.
Similarly, there were claims that an Air India flight to the US had to be delayed after Fadnavis insisted that his principal secretary, whose travel documents were not in order, be allowed to get his papers and then board the plane.
Meanwhile, Air India and GoAir have come under the scanner of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on charges of violating safety norms while operating flights to Leh recently.