Demand to eliminate the interference of flight times with the morning prayer / ‌ Aviation Organization: We are following the “Fars Man” scan in this regard ‌

According to the economic correspondent of Fars News Agency, a scan has recently been registered in Fars News Agency, my Fars section, and the signatories of this scan have asked to follow up on the issue of “interfering with the morning prayer time with flights and solving this problem.”

In this scan, Signatory“Prayer is a pillar of religion,” he said.

If you wish, you can also help increase the number of signatures in this scan by entering this address and do more research.

* If the plane flies 10 minutes late, the prayers of the passengers will not be missed

In order to investigate this issue more closely and more, we went to the registrar of this scan. He told Fars Economic Reporter about this: I and some of my companions on December 18 this year (December 17, 1400) Airline Ata We were at number 5601.

The passenger of Atair flight added: “Since we travel a lot on this route, usually in late autumn of each year, the problem of flight interference with the time of the Tabriz-Tehran flight prayer is performed.” Ata It happens that if the airline starts flying 10 minutes later, the problem of performing the morning prayer of passengers in Tabriz will be solved.

He explained: The day we were considering was صبح the time of the morning call to prayer ‌ in Tabriz it was 06:04 و and in Tehran the sunrise was at 7:10, but this plane flew before the morning call to prayer and when it arrived in Tehran it was It was 7 in the morning, and until the passengers got off the plane and entered the hall, it was no longer time for the morning prayer and the prayer was over.

While appreciating Fars News Agency for registering this issue, he said: “I hope the problem of this flight will be investigated and solved by the authorities.”

* Previous instructions of the aviation organization regarding morning flights and non-interference with morning prayers

According to Fars, it was late in the tenth government that a comprehensive and complete section on the non-interference of morning flights at the country’s airports with morning prayers by Officials The time of the Civil Aviation Organization was compiled and announced.

At that time Officials At the time, the Civil Aviation Authority announced that by issuing this circular to domestic airlines in order to observe the religious times of the morning prayer of passengers and promote the culture of prayer in society, and considering the Supreme Leader’s emphasis on this, the time of morning prayer at the origin and destination The flight schedule will not interfere, and with the implementation of this directive, the planes will be allowed to fly at least 30 minutes after the morning call to prayer, and this time will be given to passengers to perform their religious duties, and this 30-minute delay for morning prayers in Flight delay calculations are not taken into account.

Even in this instruction addressed to the airlines, it was stated that: Be.

* May 1996 Circular of the Aviation Organization on the duty of prayer

According to Fars, it was in May 1996 that the Civil Aviation Authority announced a new circular on offering prayers on flights to airlines.

The circular emphasizes that “passengers of Iranian aircraft from all destinations and destinations and passengers of foreign airlines flying from Iran to or within Iran, have the right to perform daily prayers in proper conditions and this right must be recognized. Be known and respected; If during the flight, the religious time of prayer begins and ends on the same flight, the airlines are obliged to provide the requested information to the passengers, including the religious time and the direction of the qibla, and if possible, a suitable and safe place for “Introduce the obligation of prayer to travelers.”

The circular reads: “Also, in cases where the time for prayer expires after landing the plane, but there is not enough time to perform the formalities of arrival at the destination and prayer, it is necessary to observe the above provisions, if the time of prayer is before Start from the beginning of the passenger boarding program or the time of prayer and flight duration is such that it is not possible to perform prayer during the flight, passenger boarding should start at least 15 minutes after the arrival of prayer time or the flight schedule should be changed “It should be possible for travelers to offer prayers after landing and completing the entry formalities.”

In another part of this section, it is stated that “in cases where compliance with the above leads to a violation of safety requirements and endangering the lives of passengers, compliance with safety requirements is necessary and the existing restrictions are observed with respect to the rights of passengers. “Alternative solutions, maximum cooperation with passengers. According to this communiqué, all airlines are obliged to amend and revise the instructions and processes related to flight planning and management in such a way that the provisions of this communiqué are observed in the current operations of the companies.”

* Aviation Organization: Airlines are required to follow the prayer instructions on morning flights

In order to study this issue in detail, we went to Hassan Khoshkhoo, Director General of the Office for Supervision of Airports, Companies and Aviation Institutions of the National Aviation Organization, and while explaining about the registration of this scan in Fars News Agency, we discussed the issue.

He told a Fars reporter about the interference of some morning flights with the morning prayers of passengers and the demand of passengers to follow up on this issue: In recent years, the airline has issued a circular not to interfere with the time of morning prayers and notified domestic airlines, so that morning flights are regulated in such a way that the morning prayers of passengers are not interrupted.

Khoshkho added: “On the other hand, due to the length of time of some flights, the issue was considered from the perspective that the passenger may not have sunburned when he arrived at his destination and it is possible to pray, but nevertheless the airlines were emphasized.” In the matter of the morning prayer, travelers should be very careful.

The Director General of the Office for Supervision of Airports, Companies and Aviation Institutions of the National Aviation Organization added: “Of course, since this circular was issued, there have been cases in which passengers have complained to airlines about non-compliance. We have warned airlines and this We reminded them of the circular repeatedly.

He added: “Today, airlines still follow this issue, if Special case If there is a company that has not observed this issue on a flight route, the Civil Aviation Authority will definitely come in and warn the airline.

* Passengers should also register their complaints on the website of the Aviation Organization / We will definitely follow Pooyesh Fars ‌

Khoshkho in response to the question of how the Civil Aviation Authority will handle passenger complaints in this regard and other issues, and how can a passenger file a complaint? Explained: Passengers can register complaints on the website of the National Aviation Organization, on the other hand, there is the same possibility of registering problems in the media, such as Fars Man, this scan that Fars Fars News Agency in the subject of interfering with the morning prayer of passengers one The flight has been launched, it is respectable and follow-up for us, and we will definitely follow this issue from all the airlines, and if something is not observed, we will warn the company.

* Airlines must consider non-interference with morning prayers in their 6-month flight planning

The Director General of the Office for Supervision of Airports, Companies and Aviation Institutions of the National Aviation Organization, explaining the importance of holding the morning call to prayer when arranging 6-month flights, explained: One is summer planning and the other is winter planning. Summer planning starts from the beginning of May and lasts until 6 months, that is, until November, and winter planning also starts from November and continues until May of the following year.

He added: “Therefore, the airlines prepare the flight plan for these two seasons and receive the licenses from the Civil Aviation Authority and plan at what time they will fly; Due to the fact that the time of the morning call to prayer varies according to the length of the day during the year, airlines have adapted to this rule to plan in such a way that such a problem does not occur in the matter of interfering with the morning prayer on their flights; Of course, we do not deny that there may be a technical problem and the flight time may change.

The Director General of the Office for Supervision of Airports, Companies and Aviation Institutions of the National Aviation Organization, emphasizing that the morning flights of the country’s airports are regulated according to the instructions based on the morning call to prayer and non-interference with morning prayers, said: Depending on the duration of the flight, it is important to pay attention to the non-cancellation of the passengers’ prayers.

Khoshkho stated: ‌ Certainly, the airlines should adjust the flight time so that the passenger can perform the morning prayer at either the airport of departure or the destination airport, and this index is observed, and perhaps the non-observed items are a handful of flights.

* Companies will be restricted from flying if they do not observe the morning prayer in setting flight times

He stated about the manner in which the airline organization deals with the violating company in the matter of non-interference of flights with the morning prayer: ‌ In the first step, the airline should be warned if this issue is not observed, and in the next step, it will be warned Observance of this issue, the restriction of flight operations is applied to the airline that did not follow the instructions related to prayer.

The Director General of the Office for Supervision of Airports, Companies and Aviation Institutions of the National Aviation Organization added: Of course, it can also be emphasized that the activists of the airlines are also from the people of the same border and region, and they are certainly careful enough to pray as an obligatory duty, and we have not seen anyone oppose this instruction so far. However, there may be cases where, either due to a technical defect or a case of negligence on the part of an airline, there has been a problem in this regard, which we will definitely take seriously.

* The public relations of the Aviation Organization became a serious follow-up on this issue

In order to follow the issue of the registrars of this scan in the public relations unit of the Civil Aviation Organization as one of the institutions in charge of performing the obligatory prayers in this organization, we went to Reza Jafarzadeh in the public relations of the Civil Aviation Organization and explained the registration of this scan. , We called for serious follow-up in this regard.

Jafarzadeh promised Fars that we will definitely follow this issue seriously with the airlines and promised that any problem in this regard will be resolved.

‌The spokesman of the National Aviation Organization, while respecting this scan registered in Fars News Agency and Passengers, said: “Certainly, the airlines are paying attention to this issue, and if there is a mistake in this issue, it has been a case that will be investigated and resolved.” .

He said: “All airlines have been informed in the past that they must consider a suitable opportunity for morning prayers and observe them in this regard;” Companies are required to consider the time required to perform the morning prayer, and if they do not pay attention, the Civil Aviation Authority will take legal action in this regard.

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