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Over 14 tonnes of AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine to be shipped from Pune today Air India, GoAir, IndiGo and SpiceJet will carry the shots
Over 14 tonnes of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines will be flown from Pune in ten flights on Tuesday. The government inked a contract with Serum Institute of India (SII) for 11 million doses and these would be flown out of Pune in the first phase. SpiceJet will carry the first batch of doses from Pune in its 8 am Delhi flight. While the first flight will carry around 700 kilograms of vaccine, the airline is also using its freights to transport the shots to Kolkata, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Bhubaneswar, and Vijayawada. Air India will be transporting vaccines on its Pune-Ahmedabad flight on Tuesday morning, the airline’s executive director (cargo) Nirbhik Narang confirmed. “Along with Pune, we will also be transporting vaccines from Mumbai. We are fully prepared,” he added. Vaccines will also be
carried on IndiGo’s flights from Pune to Chandigarh and on GoAir’s flight to Chennai and Lucknow. While Pune airport will see the bulk of the movement, vaccines would also be trucked to Mumbai and flown to different locations within the country. A task force has been created at Mumbai airport, comprising all stakeholders for speedy handling…Read More