The Chennai North District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has directed Gulf Air Airlines to compensate a former Tamil Nadu legislator for denying him travel at Moscow airport as his passport did not contain his surname.

The airline has been directed to pay a compensation of about ₹ 1.4 lakh with 9% interest per annum from the date of travel, to former MLA and advocate Nizamudeen, the affected passenger.

This resident of Periamet in Tamil Nadu was stopped from boarding the Gulf Air flight at Moscow airport because his passport had a single name. On February 9, 2023, he was scheduled to travel by Gulf Air flight from Moscow to Dubai via Bahrain, but was denied travel as his passport had contained only his name Nizamudeen without the surname. Nizamudeen claimed that he was allowed

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