Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi informed that a Covid vaccine could be ready within weeks, Delhi and Hyderabad airports’ air cargo services are ready to play a pivotal role in its distribution through state-of-the-art time and temperature-sensitive distribution systems. Delhi Airport, with two world-class infra structured cargo terminals  that provides a GDP (Good Distribution Practice)-certified temperature-controlled facility for handling temperature-sensitive cargo. 

The Delhi airport facility has state-of-the-art temperature-controlled zones with separate cool chambers ranging from -20 degrees to 25 degrees Celsius can handle a capacity of over 1.5 lakh metric tonne cargo per annum. Airport authorities informed that besides the cool chamber, it also has “cool dollies” at the airside that ensure an unbroken cool chain during temperature-sensitive cargo movement between terminal and aircraft. Delhi airport spokesperson stated, "In line with the Ministry of Civil Aviation’s vision to create metro airports as transshipment hubs, the Delhi airport has set up a dedicated Transshipment Excellence Centre spread over an area of 6,500 square m at the airside that will help in the fast movement of vaccines through transshipment". 

QR code-based e-Gate Pass facility will provide an automated process for paper documentation and reduce human interface, enabling fast movement of imported vaccine deliveries. GMR Hyderabad Air Cargo (GHAC), due to its location at the centre of one of the vaccine production regions in the country, will be a key stakeholder in the global vaccine logistics with facilities such as modern temperature-sensitive pharma and vaccine storage and processing zones. The airports cargo of India’s first Pharma Zone with GDP-certified temperature-controlled facility for handling temperature-sensitive cargo. The freighter parking at a distance of 50metres facilitates minimising ramp exposure timing. The GHAC has also taken several paperless initiatives like e-reception, e-OOC, e-LEO, e-AWB among others to minimise human interface. Both Delhi and Hyderabad air cargo played vital role during the pandemic in shipping PPE kits, medicines, and other medical supplies and perishables to the frontline warriors.

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