SpiceJet Operates Maiden Freighter Flight Carrying Crucial Medical Supplies From China

After its first freighter service to Vietnam carrying medical provides, SpiceJet has operated maiden freighter flight to China for a similar. The flight flew from Shanghai to Hyderabad. So far, the airline has transported greater than 2,700 tons of cargo because the imposition of the nationwide lockdown.

In addition to this, the airline can also be working one other freighter carrying farm produce from West Bengal to Colombo to assist farmers. On Friday, the flight to Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam carried 16 tones of medical provides.

Ahead of the identical, on Thursday, SpiceJet had carried out a cargo flight to Singapore from Chennai and again with a devoted Boeing 737 freighter, transporting essential medical tools and units to India.

During the lockdown interval, solely particular flights accepted by aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), medical evacuation flights and people carrying cargo, together with medical tools, to and from totally different components of the nation are operational.

On April 9, the airline operated its first cargo-on-seat flight carrying 11 tons of significant provides within the passenger cabin and stomach area.

SpiceJet’s devoted cargo arm, SpiceXpress has been usually transporting surgical provides, sanitizers, face masks, amongst others and offering doorstep deliveries of important provides, medicines and medical tools throughout 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 mentioned within the launch.

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