A flying ban could range from 3 months to 2 years according to the level of the offence committed.
The Centre has issued draft rules for a no-fly list for the aviation sector after the instance of Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad who assaulted an Air India crew member in March.
The no-fly list regulations were released by Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju, Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha, and Civil Aviation Secretary R N Choubey on Friday.
"For passengers indicated in the National No-Fly List, airlines will have option to bar the unruly passenger from taking flights to/from/ within India for a period ranging from 3 months to a maximum of two years depending upon level of unruly behaviour," the statement said.
In a strict measure to rein in aggressive behaviour of passengers, for "every subsequent offence, the person will be banned for twice the period of the previous ban," it added.
Upon complaint, an initial inquiry at airlines level by an internal committee headed by a retired district and sessions judge and an appeal at government level headed by retired judge of a high court of India would be initiated.
The statement, titled 'Handling of unruly/ disruptive passengers' defines the three levels of behaviour as:
Level 1 - Disruptive behaviour
Level 2 - Physically abusive behaviour
Level 3 - Life threatening behaviour
According to Choubey, who was speaking to the media about the new no-fly rules draft, the first instance would be "disruptive behaviour like physical gestures" which would attract a fly ban of 3 months, level 2 would be "physically abusive behaviour like pushing, kicking, sexual harassment, etc" which would attract a ban of 6 months, and level 3 is "life threatening behaviour" which would attract a ban of 2 years or more.
Choubey said the rules were to apply to unruly behaviour on domestic carriers but could be used by international carriers as input in case of any such incident.
Apart from this, the Centre said, "the airlines would also maintain a database of such passengers which will form a National No-Fly List of unruly/ disruptive passengers."
On this list, passengers identified by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) as national security threats will also form par of the NAtional No-Fly List. Such names will be forwarded to individuals by the airlines indicating the reasons for inclusion of their names in the National No-Fly list."
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