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02 July, 2008
If violating the no smoking signs on board public planes and operating portable electronic device, the new proposed Civil Aviation Proclamation states that, the person will be liable to stiff fines of up to 15,000 ETB or a term of imprisonment not exceeding two months.
Leoul G.Medhin, Acting Manager of Ethiopian Airlines Public Relations, told Capital that all flights of Ethiopian Airlines are non- smoking. “We always inform our passengers that our flight would be non-smoking before and while they are on board” he added.
According to the proposed proclamation presented to the House of Peoples’ Representatives last Thursday, June 26, 2008, apart from operating a portable electronic device and smoking on board, any person who unlawfully and intentionally tampers with a smoke detector or any other safety related devices installed on board of an aircraft would be penalized with a maximum of 100,000 ETB and up to two years imprisonment.
Internationally, on non-smoking flights, smoking in lavatories is more common and smokers simply deactivate the smoke detectors. If caught, fines are 1,000 dollars for smoking plus 2,000 dollars for tampering with the smoke detector. -Capital