As the much-awaited rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine commenced on Tuesday, budget carrier GoAir operated an early morning flight from Pune to Chennai containing 70,800 (7,08,000 doses) vials of COVID-19 vaccines.
”We at GoAir are overwhelmed with the kind of responsibility bestowed upon us to transport the life-saving COVID-19 vaccines. We are grateful that we have got an opportunity to be able to contribute to the vaccine movement and support the noble cause,” GoAir Chief Executive Officer, Kaushik Khona said in a statement.
”In our efforts to alleviate the complexities of the vaccine movement given the scale of the consignments and logistics, we are taking every possible step to support the institutions and our stakeholders to reach the vaccine in all possible corners of the country,” he added.
He also said that this responsibility of vaccine shipment recognizes the efforts taken by GoAir towards developing its cargo services for critical vaccine movement and motivates them to take the lead in order to remain the preferred choice for the industry.
The first consignment of Covishield vaccines were transported in a budget carrier SpiceJet reaching Delhi from Pune at around 10 am after which flights started ferrying vaccines to different cities from Pune. India is set to begin world’s largest vaccination drive on January 16.
