PUNE: AirAsia India on Friday operated 9 flights with fully vaccinated crew including cabin crew and pilots. The sectors flown by fully vaccinated crew included Bengaluru-Kolkata, Kolkata-Bengaluru, Bengaluru-Chennai, Chennai-Guwahati, Guwahati-Bengaluru, Bengaluru-Pune, Pune-Jaipur, Jaipur-Pune and Pune-Bengaluru, its officials said.
The airline has been conducting free inoculation drives for all its eligible all stars and their dependants and became the first airline in India to announce that 99.5% of its guest-facing operational staff including pilots, cabin crew, security, ground staff, and catering operations had been inoculated with their first doses.
The operating crew members on these sectors are fully vaccinated, having received both doses in line with guidelines from health authorities and after going through all the mandatory tests and certified by the Chief Medical Officer Sangeeta Kujur.