kochi the dubai civil aviation authority dcaa has reinstated the operations of the staterun airline air india express aie after revoking the order it has issued earlier on thursday suspending the services for 15 days for flying two passengers with covid19 positive test results from india to dubai on two separate occasions aie has received a notice of suspension from dcaa on thursday as per which the airlines operations to dubai airport would be temporarily suspended for 15 days ie from september 18 to october 2 however later on friday night dcca revoked the suspension and aie spokesperson informed that all its flights fromto dubai will operate as per original scheduledcaa has issued the suspension notice to the airline on account of flying two covid positive passengers from delhi and jaipur on aie flights to dubai on august 28 and september 4 respectively the passengers who were seated in close proximity to the covid positive passenger on each flight had undergone covid test quarantined as determined by the dubai health authorityas per the united arab emirates uae government rules each passenger travelling from india has to bring original covidnegative certificate from the rtpcr test done 96 hours prior to the journey according to sources a passenger who carried a covidpositive certificate dated september 2 has travelled on the aie jaipurdubai flight on september 4 it was the same that happened in the case of the covid positive passenger who had flown of delhidubai flight on 28 augustboarding a passenger with covid19 positive test result for the second time is contrary to and is in violation of the laid down procedures andor protocols relating to air travel to and from airports in the emirate of dubai during the coronavirus sars cov2 pandemic said the dcaa suspension noticelater the airline has come up with a statement saying prior to the receipt of the notice the airline had submitted a letter to the dubai civil aviation authority expressing the airlines profuse apologies and detailing the various actions taken by the airline in association with the concerned ground handling agents to guard against such lapse in the future said an aie statementfollowing the suspension aie has introduced additional flights from sharjah international airport to accommodate the affected passengers as the suspension is revoked these flights are likely to be cancelledaie also informed that it has advised the handling agents to implement a threetier checking mechanism to avoid any such lapse in the future the concerned ground handling agencies have taken appropriate punitive action against their employees who have been held accountable for the lapse at delhi and jaipur said aiedubai is one of the main destinations of aie with numerous flights from various cities in india moreover aie has several repatriation flights too dubai as part of vande bharat mission the suspension of service would have been a major hit for keralites in dubai as aie is used by most for their travel between kerala and dubai