COVID-19 vaccine: Four airlines to fly 56.5 lakh doses from Pune

COVID-19 vaccine: Four airlines to fly 56.5 lakh doses from Pune

Vaccine movement has started, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Twitter, adding that the first two flights operated by "SpiceJet and GoAir from Pune to Delhi and Chennai have taken off"

Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri
PTI
  • Jan 12, 2021,
  • Updated Jan 12, 2021, 11:17 AM IST

Four airlines will operate nine flights to transport 56.5 lakh doses of Covid-19 vaccine from Pune to 13 cities across the country on Tuesday, said Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri.

Vaccine movement has started, he said on Twitter, adding that first two flights operated by "SpiceJet and GoAir from Pune to Delhi and Chennai have taken off".

"Today @airindiain @flyspicejet @goairlinesindia & @IndiGo6E will operate 9 flights from Pune with 56.5 lakh doses to Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Guwahati, Shillong, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Bhubaneswar, Patna, Bengaluru, Lucknow & Chandigarh," he said on Twitter.

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