GMR Hyderabad handles global supplies shipment via Qatar Airways plane
GMR Hyderabad Air Cargo handled its first international shipment of essential supplies via passenger aircraft operating a cargo flight on April 2, 2020.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation has permitted cargo operations using existing passenger category aircraft subject to specific guidelines issued by the regulator.
Qatar Cargo QR 8311 landed with medical and other essential supplies bound for Hyderabad. The same aircraft uplifted 28 tonnes of essential supplies from Hyderabad and departed to Doha and connected the shipments from thereon to other corners of the globe.
SGK Kishore, CEO, GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd (GHIAL), said, “We are happy that DGCA has proactively permitted cargo operations using passenger category aircraft.
