AviationMin asks airways, airports to organize for vaccine transportation

As the rollout of Covid-19 vaccine nears, the Civil Aviation Ministry has sounded out airways, airports and floor handlers to start out making ready for the transportation with a particular deal with temperature regulation, Civil Aviation Secretary Pradeep Singh Kharola stated Tuesday, including that the precise tips to be adopted by these stakeholders can be issued nearer to the date of transportation.
“All the main stakeholders — airports, airlines and ground handlers — have been alerted and asked to draw their plans. The exact SOPs will be formulated with the Ministry of Health and Department of Pharmaceuticals when we know the exact requirements of the vaccine — what precautions have to be taken, how it has to be transported and what other measures are required. That has to be factored in and it will be done near to the date of transportation and details SOPs will be laid down,” Kharola stated.
At the identical occasion, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri stated that India expects to start administering the Covid19 vaccine in January and by July, it expects administering the vaccine to 30 crore beneficiaries.

Meanwhile, Puri added he expects that the short-term suspension on the UK-India flights, which has been in place since 11.59pm December 22, may very well be “slightly extended”.
Deadline for AI bodily bids closes
NEW DELHI: The last deadline for submission of bodily bids for Air India disinvestment closed Tuesday with US-based Interups withdrawing from the race by not submitting a bodily bid, sources stated. Apart from Interups, Tata Sons and a consortium of Air India’s workers had submitted an expression of curiosity.
Next, the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management and the transaction advisor for the disinvestment course of will inform the certified bidders on January 5, after which the method to put monetary bids will start. The authorities this 12 months kicked off course of to divest 100 per cent stake in Air India.