NEW DELHI: Passengers flying from “in danger” international locations into six metro airports will mandatorily have to pre-book their necessary on-arrival RT-PCR take a look at from the midnight of December 19-20.
The aviation ministry’s order to the impact issued Tuesday says “first part” can be applied at Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Chennai airports.
Accordingly, the federal government has requested the Directorate Basic of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to advise airways to verify earlier than boarding whether or not worldwide passengers from in danger international locations headed to those six metro have pre-booked their take a look at.
“In case any passenger is having any issue in pre-booking, they might not be denied boarding. However it will the airline’s duty to establish and accompany such passengers to the registration counter at (arrival) airport for testing,” the aviation ministry order issued by its joint secretary Usha Padhee says.
Referring to a gathering with Union well being ministry on December 6, the order spells out some steps that have to be taken urgently in wake of the Omicron variant. “Air Suvidha can be modified to permit passengers to mandatorily pre-book RT-PCR take a look at if they’re coming from in danger international locations within the final 14 days. Hyperlink to the airport involved web site can be offered within the Air Suvidha platform (to passengers) whereas filling up the self declaration kind,” it says.
To make sure a seamless implementation of this order, the aviation ministry has determined to offer a lead time to passengers by making it relevant from December 19-20 midnight. And in part one, six huge metro airports have been chosen for the duty.
TOI had on December 11 reported that operators of airports in Delhi and another locations have requested the federal government to make pre-booking RT-PCR a should for in danger arrivals.
Scenes of crowding a couple of days again had led to just about half of the three,000-odd passengers each day flying into IGI Airport from at-risk international locations now pre-registering — up from 30% when the brand new guidelines kicked in following the Omicron scare.
Nearly 85% arriving passengers are choosing the Rs 3,500 speedy RT-PCR take a look at whose report is available in a most of 90 minutes, Delhi Worldwide Airport Ltd CEO Videh Kumar Jaipuriar had instructed TOI final Friday.
The Union well being ministry listing for Omicron in danger international locations at present consists of: International locations in Europe together with UK, South Africa, Brazil, Botswana, China, Ghana, Mauritius, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Hong Kong and Israel.
“All in danger arrivals can depart the airport solely after getting their report. Somebody coming from a non in danger nation, say the US, by transiting through an airport in an in danger nation, say London/Frankfurt/Paris, doesn’t have to be mandatorily examined on arrival. Somebody coming from an in danger nation airport, say London, through a non in danger nation airport, say Dubai or Doha, must get examined. We have now made provisions in our Air Suvidha portal to segregate such passengers based mostly on homeland to keep away from nobody will get needlessly examined or evade the identical,” Jaipuriar had mentioned.
A overwhelming majority of in danger arrivals select the costly speedy RT-PCR take a look at whose report comes inside 90 minutes, whereas the cheaper common RT-PCR take a look at report can take upto six hours.
The aviation ministry’s order to the impact issued Tuesday says “first part” can be applied at Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Chennai airports.
Accordingly, the federal government has requested the Directorate Basic of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to advise airways to verify earlier than boarding whether or not worldwide passengers from in danger international locations headed to those six metro have pre-booked their take a look at.
“In case any passenger is having any issue in pre-booking, they might not be denied boarding. However it will the airline’s duty to establish and accompany such passengers to the registration counter at (arrival) airport for testing,” the aviation ministry order issued by its joint secretary Usha Padhee says.
Referring to a gathering with Union well being ministry on December 6, the order spells out some steps that have to be taken urgently in wake of the Omicron variant. “Air Suvidha can be modified to permit passengers to mandatorily pre-book RT-PCR take a look at if they’re coming from in danger international locations within the final 14 days. Hyperlink to the airport involved web site can be offered within the Air Suvidha platform (to passengers) whereas filling up the self declaration kind,” it says.
To make sure a seamless implementation of this order, the aviation ministry has determined to offer a lead time to passengers by making it relevant from December 19-20 midnight. And in part one, six huge metro airports have been chosen for the duty.
TOI had on December 11 reported that operators of airports in Delhi and another locations have requested the federal government to make pre-booking RT-PCR a should for in danger arrivals.
Scenes of crowding a couple of days again had led to just about half of the three,000-odd passengers each day flying into IGI Airport from at-risk international locations now pre-registering — up from 30% when the brand new guidelines kicked in following the Omicron scare.
Nearly 85% arriving passengers are choosing the Rs 3,500 speedy RT-PCR take a look at whose report is available in a most of 90 minutes, Delhi Worldwide Airport Ltd CEO Videh Kumar Jaipuriar had instructed TOI final Friday.
The Union well being ministry listing for Omicron in danger international locations at present consists of: International locations in Europe together with UK, South Africa, Brazil, Botswana, China, Ghana, Mauritius, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Hong Kong and Israel.
“All in danger arrivals can depart the airport solely after getting their report. Somebody coming from a non in danger nation, say the US, by transiting through an airport in an in danger nation, say London/Frankfurt/Paris, doesn’t have to be mandatorily examined on arrival. Somebody coming from an in danger nation airport, say London, through a non in danger nation airport, say Dubai or Doha, must get examined. We have now made provisions in our Air Suvidha portal to segregate such passengers based mostly on homeland to keep away from nobody will get needlessly examined or evade the identical,” Jaipuriar had mentioned.
A overwhelming majority of in danger arrivals select the costly speedy RT-PCR take a look at whose report comes inside 90 minutes, whereas the cheaper common RT-PCR take a look at report can take upto six hours.
Supply: Times of India