PIB News Update: Indore Airport is playing key role in the fight against Covid-19. Remdesivir injections were transported from Indore airport to Gwalior, Dhana and Bhopal. Starting from 23.04.2021, total 18 empty Oxygen tankers have been transported from Indore to Jamnagar, Surat (Gujarat) and Raipur (Chhattisgarh) by Indian Airforce Aircraft C-17 Globe Master.Covaxin and Covishield vaccines were received to Indore from Mumbai, Hyderabad and Delhi. The movements were held swiftly by airport team.
The nation is fighting a severe battle against the Corona Virus and in this crisis period, supply of medical essentials like Vaccines, Oxygen Concentrators, Oximeter and other essentials are of utmost importance. In this fight, Ministry of Civil Aviation and various airports and airlines and their corona warriors are playing their role by ensuring uninterrupted supply of all the medical essentials coming in or going out of various cities/states.The details of the movement of vaccines, Remdesivir injection, oxygen tankers etc. from Indore Airport are as following:
Covid-19 Vaccine
| VACCINE MOVEMENT DATA | ||||
| S.NO. | DATE | SECTOR | FLIGHT | BOXES |
| 1. | 13.01.21 | Mumbai-Indore | 6E 5392 | 13 (Covishield) |
| 2. | 20.01.21 | Mumbai-Indore | AI 707 | 12 (Covishield) |
| 3. | 26.02.21 | Mumbai-Indore | AI 707 | 18 (Covishield) |
| 4. | 08.03.21 | Hyderabad-Indore | 6E 883 | 05 (Covishield) |
| 5. | 08.03.21 | Mumbai-Indore | AI 707 | 21(Covaxin) |
| 6. | 04.04.21 | Delhi-Indore | AI 636 | 25 (Covaxin) |
| 7. | 11.04.21 | Mumbai-Indore | 6E 5392 | 26 (Covishield) |
Remdesivir injection
| S.No. | Date | Sector | Total No. of Remdesivir injection boxes | Remark |
| 1 | 15.04.21 | Indore to Bhopal | 42 (Transported) | 42 boxes sent to Bhopal |
| 2 | 18.04.21 | Gujarat to Indore | 73 (Received) | 22 boxes sent to Gwalior,32 to Bhopal, 19 to Jabalpur |
| 3 | 20.04.21 | Bengaluru to Indore | 187 (Received) | 100 sent to Ratlam,87 to Ujjain |
| 4 | 23.04.21 | Indore to Dhana and Gwalior | 198 (Transported) | 105 boxes sentto Dhana , 93 to Gwalior. |
| 5 | 28.04.21 | Jabalpur to Indore | 82 (Received) | 53 to Indore, 27 Ujjain, 02 Ratlam |
| 6 | 03.05.21 | Bhopal to Indore | 191(Received) | 116 sent to Bhopal ,12 medical college, 63 boxes sent to Gwalior on next day |
| 7 | 04.05.21 | Indore to Gwalior | 63 (Transported) | 63 boxes sent to Gwalior |
| 8 | 04.05.21 | Jabalpur to Indore | 38(Received) | 22 boxes sent to Indore; 16 boxes sent to Ujjain |
| 9 | 06.05.21 | Ahmedabad to Indore | 104(Received) | 71 boxes sent to Gwalior, 33 boxes to Indore |
| 10 | 10.05.21 | Ahmedabad to Indore | 303 (Received) | 64 boxes sent to Indore, 38 sent to Ujjain, 51 sent to Bhopal, 40 sent to Gwalior, 35 sent to Jabalpur,46 sent to Rewa, 29 sent to Sagar |
Oxygen Tankers
| S.NO. | DATE | SECTOR | NO. OF EMPTY TANKERS |
| 1 | 23.04.2021 | INDORE TO JAMNAGAR | 01 |
| 2 | 24.04.2021 | INDORE TO JAMNAGAR | 01 |
| 3 | 25.04.2021 | INDORE TO JAMNAGAR | 04 |
| 4 | 26.04.2021 | INDORE TO JAMNAGAR | 01 |
| 5 | 27.04.2021 | INDORE TO JAMNAGAR | 02 |
| 6 | 28.04.2021 | INDORE TO RAIPUR | 03 |
| 7 | 29.04.2021 | INDORE TO JAMNAGAR | 02 |
| 8 | 30.04.2021 | INDORE TO SURAT | 02 |
| 9 | 02.05.2021 | INDORE TO JAMNAGAR | 02 |
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