14-day closure of Pune Airport ‘inescapable’, says IAF, assures vaccines will be airlifted to Mumbai
At the receiving end of criticism for scheduling a 14-day shutdown of Pune Airport in the middle of the festival season, that too at a short notice, the Indian Air Force (IAF) has said “complete closure of 14 days was inescapable”.
In a statement, the IAF has also said that the tentative date of the closure was intimated to airline officials and Airports Authority of India (AAI) in advance, but the exact duration could only be finalised after obtaining approvals from the Union Ministry of Defence and Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare.
The IAF has also said that during the time of the closure, it will ensure airlift of Covid-19 vaccines from Pune to Mumbai Airport by deploying its machinery to ensure uninterrupted supply chain of vaccines.
