New Delhi: Air India on Friday revoked flight ban on Ravindra Gaikwad, after rejecting the Shiv Sena MP’s booking this morning.
News agency PTI quoted Air India sources as saying that the ban was revoked after the Shiv Sena MP wrote a letter to Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju yesterday expressing ‘regrets’ over the March 23 fracas on Pune-Delhi flight AI 852.
In the wake of the incident, Gaikwad was blacklisted and slapped with a flying ban not only by the Air India but all other private carriers, even as Shiv Sena cried foul and created disturbances in Parliament on Thursday.
Admitting that the ban on him in the past 14 days is “affecting the effective discharge of my duties and responsibilities” the minister urged for the restrictions on his flight to be revoked.
Since the ban, Gaikwad has been compelled to travel by train or road depending on his engagements, keeping away from the media glare.
Bureau Report
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