Indian airlines ban comedian Kunal Kamra from flying following in-flight ‘altercation’ with Arnab Goswami – The National

Indian airlines ban comedian Kunal Kamra from flying following in-flight ‘altercation’ with Arnab Goswami – The National

IndioGo, Air India, Jet Airways and Spice Jet have hit flying bans on the comic after a confrontation with the news presenter. Indian comedian Kunal Kamra is suspended from flying with IndiGo, Air India, Jet Airways and SpiceJet after confronting news presenter Arnab Goswami on an IndiGo flight this week.. Shortly after the flight landed, IndiGo announced it was banning Kamra from taking any flights with the airline for six months.. Civil aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri tweeted that other airlines should follow suit.. Similar bans are now in force from Air India, Jet Airways and SpiceJet with the airlines implementing the move until "further notice".. The news anchor allegedly ignored him and called him mentally unstable.. IndiGo cites unacceptable conduct. The move sparked social media uproar with fans of the comedian disputing the airlines' decisions.. Dont travel in indigo i will not travel till kunal kamra is not allowed to choose @IndiGo6E #BoycottIndigo pic.twitter.com/rUFEd8FGuE. Shashi Tharoor, member of parliament for Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram, tweeted to his seven million followers that it was good to see the news anchor getting "a taste of his own medicine".. Others on social media supported the decision, with several asking why the