Ravindra Gaikwad

A total of 294 and 161 incidents took place in 2016 and 2017 respectively," Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha said in a written reply.

Rules on no-fly list vague, should specify ban period: Experts

The Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) on Friday made public amendments to a set of rules on unruly and disruptive passengers and proposed a national-no fly list of such travellers.

Ravindra Gaikwad effect: Govt proposes no-fly list to tackle unruly passengers

The Civil Aviation Ministry on Friday proposed a no-fly list to deal with unruly passengers in the wake of the assault incident involving Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad.

Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad flies again; picks Air India!

"Ravi Sir (as Gaikwad, a former teacher, is known in his Osmanabad constituency) travelled business class from Hyderabad to Delhi today, days after the flying ban was lifted," the aide said.

Now, video of Sena MP Gaikwad’s verbal spat with cops goes viral

Videos of the alleged heated argument between Gaikwad, his supporters and police personnel at Latur in Marathwada region, have gone viral on social media.

Air India plans stricter framework to tackle unruly fliers

Since the incident of Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad assaulting an Air India staffer last month, the national carrier as well as the government have been exploring ways to bolster the existing mechanism to rein in unruly passengers.

'Aam aadmi' Ravindra Gaikwad plans to take train back to Mumbai

Earlier this week, Gaikwad had reached the national capital by train. Gaikwad boarded the the Mumbai-Rajdhani Express to reach Delhi, a railway official said.

Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad in Mumbai, meets Uddhav Thackeray

The meeting, which lasted for 10 minutes at Shiv Sena's central office at Dadar here, came after Air India, and other airlines, lifted the flying ban on Gaikwad after he expressed regret for assaulting an AI employee on March 23.

Air India revokes flight ban on Sena MP Gaikwad

Air India today revoked its flight ban on Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad with immediate effect, two weeks after he had assaulted an airline staffer onboard a plane.

Air India revokes flight ban on Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad

According to Air India sources, the ban was revoked after the airline received a letter from the civil aviation ministry to do so.

Apology not accepted: Air India once again rejects Shiv Sena MP Gaikwad's booking

In a letter sent on Thursday, Ravindra Gaikwad had requested the Union Civil Aviation minister to lift the national carrier's ban on him.

Ravindra Gaikwad poses threat to flight safety: AI cabin staff

In a letter to the AI Chairman and Managing Director Ashwani Lohani, the association has said that a decision by either the Ministry of Civil Aviation or Parliament to lift the ban will affect the morale of the employees.

Gaikwad row: Air India to step up staff security at Mumbai, Pune airports

Air India is likely to step up security of its staff at Mumbai and Pune airports after Shiv Sena lawmakers allegedly threatened to stall the airline's operations at these two aerodromes.

Slipper-happy Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad claims innocence in Parliament

After airlines banned the Shiv Sena MP for assaulting an Air India staffer, Gaikwad said he did not thrash anyone and did not create any ruckus inside the aircraft.

How can Airlines deny my right to travel, asks Ravindra Gaikwad

Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad is speaking in Lok Sabha for the first time since being grounded by major airlines for assaulting an Air India staffer.

Ravindra Gaikwad made 3 failed bids to fly Air India using alias

Earlier this week, a staff member of the Sena politician dialled Air India's call centre to book flight AI 806 from Mumbai to Delhi for the following day, i.e. Wednesday, and dictated the passenger's name as Ravindra Gaikwad. The ticket was promptly cancelled, an airline source said.

Shiv Sena rakes up Ravindra Gaikwad's flight ban in house

Shiv Sena has raked up the ban flight ban imposed on it's MP Ravindra Gaikwad by various Indian airlines for assaulting an Air India staffer in Parliament.

After Air India, Indigo cancels ticket of Sena MP

After national carrier Air India cancelled the Pune flight ticket of Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad for assaulting one of its staffers at Delhi airport, budget carrier IndiGo also refused to take him on board.

Private carriers ban Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad after brazen assault on AI staffer

The Federation of Indian Airlines, which has Jet Airways, IndiGo, SpiceJet and GoAir as its members, has taken a "strong view of the incident and accordingly taken a decision to bar Gaikwad from flying", an FIA source said.

AI mulling preparing a no-fly list for unruly passengers

Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad, who was flying on an Air India flight from Pune to Delhi, hit the airline's duty manager Sukumar with his slipper several times.

Shiv Sena MP says he slapped Air India steward 25 times with a slipper

Ravindra Gaikwad refused to get off the plane as he was forced to travel economy despite carrying a business class ticket and did not accept the airline's explanation that there were only economy seats on the flight.

MPs urge telecom minister to merge Maha and Mumbai circles

"Presently, Mumbai and Maharashtra are treated as two different circles. Users of Mumbai have to pay national roaming charges while travelling within Maharashtra and similarly users of Maharashtra using mobile in Mumbai have to pay national roaming charges," the MPs in their letter to the Telecom minister stated.