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IndiGo flies plasma from Bengaluru for COVID-19 patient to Srinagar through India’s first air corridor
IndiGo said it is the "second airline in the world to have transported plasma successfully on-board cargo".
<p>Two bags of convalescent plasma were transported by IndiGo on its connecting flights from Bengaluru to Srinagar, via Delhi, on September 1, for a COVID-19 patient.<br /> </p>
Two bags of convalescent plasma were transported by IndiGo on its connecting flights from Bengaluru to Srinagar, via Delhi, on September 1, for a COVID-19 patient.
<p>"The plasma was first flown from Bengaluru to Delhi on 6E 363 followed by the connecting flight from Delhi to Srinagar 6E 2486," IndiGo said in a press release.</p><p> </p>
"The plasma was first flown from Bengaluru to Delhi on 6E 363 followed by the connecting flight from Delhi to Srinagar 6E 2486," IndiGo said in a press release.
<p>The plasma sustained a transit period of over eight hours and was delivered successfully at the government hospital in Srinagar on Tuesday, the low-cost carrier noted.</p>
The plasma sustained a transit period of over eight hours and was delivered successfully at the government hospital in Srinagar on Tuesday, the low-cost carrier noted.
<p>It was kept in the on-board cargo areas of the two flights, the airline said.</p>
It was kept in the on-board cargo areas of the two flights, the airline said.
<p>IndiGo said it is the "second airline in the world to have transported plasma successfully on-board cargo".<br /> </p>
IndiGo said it is the "second airline in the world to have transported plasma successfully on-board cargo".
<p>Ronojoy Dutta, chief executive officer, 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".</p>
Ronojoy Dutta, chief executive officer, 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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