Air India, on January 28, banned stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra from travelling on any of its flights, “until further notice”.
“In the view of the incident onboard IndiGo, Air India wishes to inform that conduct of Person concerned is unacceptable. With a view to discourage such behavior onboard flts, Mr Kunal Kamra is suspended from flying on any Air India flt until further notice,” the airlines said in a tweet.
#FlyAI: In view of the incident onboard @IndiGo6E, Air India wishes to inform that conduct of Person concerned is unacceptable.With a view to discourage such behavior onboard flts, Mr Kunal Kamra is suspended from flying on any Air India flt until further notice. @HardeepSPuri .
— Air India (@airindiain) January 28, 2020
The development comes hours after IndiGo suspended Kamra from flying in its aircraft for the next six months after shared a video where he accosted journalist and Republic TV founder Arnab Goswami on an IndiGo Airlines flight.
@MoCA_GoI @HardeepSPuri In light of the recent incident on board 6E 5317 from Mumbai to Lucknow, we wish to inform that we are suspending Mr. Kunal Kamra from flying with IndiGo for a period of six months, as his conduct onboard was unacceptable behaviour. 1/2
— IndiGo (@IndiGo6E) January 28, 2020
After IndiGo had announced its decision to suspend Kamra from using its flight services, Minister of State (MoS) for Civil Aviation, Hardeep Singh Puri had put out a tweet where he advised other airlines to, “impose similar restrictions on the person concerned”.
“Offensive behaviour designed to provoke create disturbance inside aircraft is absolutely unacceptable and endangers safety of air travellers. We’re left with no option but to advise other airlines to impose similar restrictions on person concerned,” Puri had said in a tweet.
Offensive behaviour designed to provoke & create disturbance inside an aircraft is absolutely unacceptable & endangers safety of air travellers.
We are left with no option but to advise other airlines to impose similar restrictions on the person concerned. https://t.co/UHKKZfdTVS
— Hardeep Singh Puri (@HardeepSPuri) January 28, 2020