Relief for air travelers: Now facilities like food, newspapers will be available on all flight
On April 15 this year, the government had banned the distribution of food on all flights which are of two hours or less duration. Now airlines can provide reading material like newspapers to passengers in addition to food and drink in the flight.
Sunil Shukla 
There is good news for lakhs of domestic air travelers in the country. The Ministry of Civil Aviation has now allowed airlines to provide facilities like food and drink, newspapers on all flights.
Significantly, on April 15 this year, the government had banned the distribution of food on all flights which are of two hours or less duration.
All airlines allowed
On Tuesday, the ministry has allowed all airlines to do this without any restriction on all flights. The government has taken this decision in view of the steep decline in corona cases in the country and the vaccination of a large number of people.
According to the Ministry of Civil Aviation, now airlines can provide reading material like newspapers to passengers in addition to food and drink.
what the ministry said
The ministry said in its order, 'Airlines operating flights on the domestic route can now provide catering services in the plane without any restriction of flight duration.' According to the order, airlines can now distribute reading material like newspapers, magazines also inside the plane.
Significantly, during the deadly spread of Corona, all such facilities were banned, due to which there is any possibility of spreading the infection.
According to a report, the Union Health Ministry had advised civil aviation that now food service can be provided even in flights of less than two hours duration.
