IndiGo said it is the “second airline in the world to have successfully transported plasma on board cargo”
New Delhi:
IndiGo transported two bags of convalescent plasma on its connecting flights from Bengaluru to Srinagar, via Delhi, today for a COVID-19 patient.
“The plasma was first moved from Bengaluru to Delhi on 6E 363 followed by the connecting flight from Delhi to Srinagar 6E 2486,” IndiGo said in a press release.
The plasma sustained a transit period of more than eight hours and was successfully delivered to the government hospital in Srinagar on Tuesday, the low-cost airline noted.
It was kept in the cargo areas aboard the two flights, the airline said.
IndiGo said it is the “second airline in the world to have successfully transported plasma on board cargo.”
Ronojoy Dutta, CEO of IndiGo, said: “The creation of the first air corridor in India to transport blood plasma can have a huge positive impact on the treatment of COVID-19 patients through plasma therapy.”
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