Air India lifts ban on Shiv Sena MP Gaikwad

Air India lifts ban on Shiv Sena MP Gaikwad

New Delhi: Air India on Friday lifted its ban on Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad, whose flight bookings had been cancelled repeatedly after he assaulted an officer of the national carrier last month.

Official sources told that the ban was lifted after the Civil Aviation Ministry wrote to the airline, a day after Gaikwad expressed "regrets" over the March 23 incident.

The sources said the Ministry took the decision after the MP assured that such incidents won't be repeated.

The national carrier had banned the Gaikwad for assaulting an official of the airline 25 times with a slipper. The incident was leaked in a video that went viral.