SpiceJet Operates its First Cargo-on-Seat Flight From Chennai to Delhi with COVID-19 Supply Onboard

Amidst a nationwide ban on worldwide in addition to home flights because of the 21-day lockdown, SpiceJet operated its first cargo-on-seat flight carrying 11 tons of important provides within the passenger cabin and stomach house.

The first B737 passenger plane took off from Chennai and landed in Surat and is predicted to do 5 rotations right now carrying essential provides. The plane will function from Chennai to Mumbai and from Mumbai to Delhi in a while Tuesday with cargo on-board, it mentioned.

Since the lockdown started, we now have carried greater than 1,400 tons of cargo working round 200 home and worldwide cargo flights. Today, for the primary time within the nation, we used a passenger plane to move cargo the place along with the stomach house the passenger cabin was used to securely carry important provides.

We have additionally put our 5 freighters to most use to move chilly chain medical provides, medicines, medical gadgets for varied state governments, medical and pharma firms,” SpiceJet Chairman Ajay Singh said in a release.

Special seat covers made from flame-proof material were used to cover the seats and the cargo on seat was secured with restraints, it said adding to ensure optimum utilisation of space, the overhead bin, were also used.

SpiceJet’s dedicated cargo arm, SpiceXpress has been regularly transporting surgical supplies, sanitizers, face masks, among others and providing doorstep deliveries of essential supplies, medicines and medical equipment across cities. On March 26, SpiceJet helped transport an emergency consignment of IR Thermometers, required to detect COVID-19, to Kolkata from Hong Kong, the airline said in the release.

With inputs from PTI

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