IndiGo transported 14,300 tonnes of cargo between April and September

New Delhi: InterGlobe Aviation Ltd operated-IndiGo flew over 1,700 cargo charter flights, transporting more than 14,300 tonnes of supplies, between 18 April and 7 September, the airline said in a statement on Friday.

The cargo charter flights operated across 21 destinations within India and to international destinations like Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan, Cairo in Egypt, Almaty in Kazakhstan and Tashkent in Uzbekistan.

“The covid-induced lockdown this year not only posed a challenge for our business but also turned out to be an opportunity for the CarGo vertical. We operated passenger flights in ‘freighter mode’ with cargo secured in the cabins, to domestic and international stations,” the airline’s chief executive Ronojoy Dutta said.