9 Pune flights to carry Covidshield vaccines across India, SpiceJet left for Del

Serum Institute of India’s COVID19 vaccine ‘Covishield’ will be shipped to different locations in the country from Pune airport, four days before the vaccination drive starts across the country.

Union Civil Aviation Min Hardeep S Puri said, “Today, Air India, SpiceJet and IndiGo Airlines will operate nine flights from Pune with 56.5 lakh doses to Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Guwahati, Shillong, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Bhubaneswar, Patna, Bengaluru, Lucknow and Chandigarh. The first consignment has already left for Delhi in the early morning.

The flights include two cargo flights, the source said. The first cargo flight will cover Hyderabad, Vijayawada, and Bhubaneswar and the second cargo flight will go to Kolkata and Guwahati.