The airport in the holy city received the code GAY
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has given the Indian city of Gaya the code GAY (in English gay). Now politicians in the country are demanding that it be changed because it is an insulting code for the holy city. That they are going to change it
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07/02/2022
Monday, 07 February 2022, 09:47 Updated: 10:42
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Familiar with the three letters that make up goals in the world?
For example, TLV refers to the airport in Tel Aviv, JFK to the airport in New York, CDG to the Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris and more.
The international codes are given by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), so get to know the city whose field has received the code GAY (English for gay). It is the city of Gaya in the state of Bihar in northeastern India. Now politicians in India want to change the Field code, and claim to be offensive and embarrassing for such a holy city. "Gaia is a holy city and the locals may find the code offensive or embarrassing, whose city is known in the international community as the code name 'GAY'.
This is inappropriate and inappropriate and therefore we recommend that the government and Air India complete all the necessary consultations and formalities, in order to change the code of Gaia Airport from GAY to any other appropriate code, "the State Public Affairs Committee wrote, as published on The Hindu website.
According to the committee, which submitted its request for a name change as early as January 2021, it is proposing to change the airport code to YAG, which is basically a reversal of the letters and does not convey Gay's intuition.
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The GAY code is not appropriate for them.
Gaia Airport in India (Photo: ShutterStock)
India proposes to change airport code to YAG (Photo: ShutterStock)
Homophobia is not a sufficient reason to change the code
In general, airport codes are fixed, and IATA only considers changes to the codes if there is justification, as what stands in its way is first and foremost the issue of aviation security - easy and unique identification of the destination, in addition to smooth and fast operation of hundreds of code-related electronic applications , Such as identifying and registering baggage. As a result, although Indian politicians feel it is an insult, it is not certain that IATA considers homophobia a sufficient reason to change the code.
However, the country's Public Affairs Committee encourages Air India and the government to push for this change.
"Every effort should be made to address the matter with IATA, as the issue involves the improper naming of an airport of a holy city of our country," the committee added.
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