mumbai seeking to ensure strict adherence to covid19 protocols by air travellers aviation regulator dgca on saturday asked airlines to deboard passengers who do not wear their mask properly despite repeated warningsalso the watchdog has directed airlines to treat a passenger as unruly in case the person violates the protocolsthe latest directives come against the backdrop of rising number of coronavirus cases in certain parts of the country even as domestic air traffic is improvingin a circular issued on saturday the directorate general of civil aviation dgca has also directed the airport operators to ensure that the passengers wear their mask and maintain social distancing norms at all times during the air travelthe dgca said it has been noticed that some travellers undertaking air journey do not adhere to covid19 protocols which essentially involve wearing of masks properly not below the nose right from entering the departing airport to exiting from the arriving airportobserving that some passengers after entering the airport do not wear their mask properly and maintain social distance while being in the airport the regulator said that some passengers have been noticed not wearing their masks properly while on board the aircrafton board the aircraft in case any passenger does not adhere to wearing a mask properly even after repeated warnings heshe should be deboarded if need be before departure the circular saidin the case of any passenger on board an aircraft refusing to wear a mask or violates the covid19 protocol for passengers even after repeated warnings during the course of the flight such passengers may be treated as unruly passengers as per the dgcathe procedure in respect of handling such unruly passengers will be followed by the airline concerned as per the civil aviation requirement car it addedthe circular said that the passengers will wear masks and maintain social distancing norms at all times during air travel adding the mask shall not be moved below the nose except under exceptional circumstancesdirecting the cisf police personnel deployed at the entrance of the airport to ensure that no one is allowed to enter the airport without wearing a mask it said that chief airport security officer and other supervising officers must ensure this personallyin case any passenger found violating covid19 protocols at the airport they should be handed over to security agencies after proper warnings directive saidif required they may be dealt as per law the circular added