New Delhi: The Civil Aviation Ministry imposed ban in serving meals on flights that have duration of less than two hours, with effect from Thursday onwards. The Ministry announced on Monday as Covid – 19 cases continue to soar in the country.

When scheduled domestic flights were resumed on May 25 after Covid – 19 lockdown last year, the ministry had allowed the airlines to serve in-flight meals under certain conditions. Modifying the previous order, the Ministry’s fresh directive said:

“The airlines, operating flights on domestic sectors, may provide meals services on board, where the in-flight duration is two hours or more”. It has decided to review the on-board meal services in domestic flights considering “the increasing threat of Covid-19 and its variants”, the Ministry said.