AVI condemns BCAS move to ban e-cigarettes in airports, aircrafts

AVI’s first reaction to BCAS’s 10 January 2020 circular confiscating e-cigarettes at airports, arguing the aviation regulator misread the law — personal use was excluded from the ban per the Health Minister’s own Lok Sabha assurance — and that AVI was “seeking legal assistance.” Predates the more detailed 3 March 2020 release once the international-traveller fallout became clear. Date is approximate: the source document carries no dateline, only internal references to the 10 Jan 2020 circular as recent.