With Hyderabad and its nearby regions being home to one of the biggest concentrations of vaccine manufacturing capacity in the world, it is expected that majority of Indian Manufactured Vaccines will be Exported from Hyderabad Airport (HYD) to various parts of the globe. Hyderabad is also expected to cater to the Import requirements of manufactures from across the country as well as leverage its excellent air connectivity for domestic distribution of Covid-19 Vaccines.
In this backdrop, GMR Hyderabad International Airport Limited & GMR Hyderabad Air Cargo (GMR-HYD) and Dubai Airports are coming together to build an exclusive Vaccine Air Freight Corridor Product called ‘HYDXB-VAXCOR’ (‘Hyderabad to Dubai global Vaccine Corridor), and the MoU for the same was signed by Mr. Pradeep Panicker, CEO-GMR Hyderabad International Airport, Mr. Saurabh Kumar, CEO-GMR Hyderabad Air Cargo, and Mr. Eugene Barry, EVP-Commercial, Dubai Airports Corporation in a virtual ceremony organized last week.
As per the MoU, GMR-HYD and Dubai Airports will be according to priority to the temperature-sensitive Vaccine shipments moving between GMR Hyderabad and Dubai Airports for further connections to various Continents as part of the “HYDXBVAXCOR” and build this service offering as a key differentiator and value proposition for the Vaccine Customers and Logistics Stakeholders. This agreement will lead to the roll-out of customized and simplified processes and infrastructural support to streamline the journey of Covid-19 Vaccine right from the manufacturing unit to the airport and hub logistics to delivery to end customers.
This story is from the January 2021 edition of Aviation Update.
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