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COVID-19 Vaccine: New Delhi Airport Aims to Distribute up to 54 Lakh Vials Per Day in January 2021
File photo of Delhi s IGI airport.
Overall, the New Delhi airport has the capacity to distribute up to 8 million, or 80 lakh, vials a day.
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India s largest airport plans to start distributing COVID-19 vaccines in January with up to 5.4 million, or 54 lakh, vials a day, its CEO said on Tuesday, underscoring the logistical challenge of reaching everyone in the country of 1.3 billion.
The Indian government is considering emergency use authorization for three vaccine candidates – one from AstraZeneca (AZN.L, another from Pfizer (PFE.N), and a separate one developed by the Indian firm Bharat Biotech.
Updated Dec 22, 2020 | 19:48 IST
The Delhi airport has also made arrangements for dry ice supply so that the vaccine can be kept stable for a longer period, he said. All these measures are part of Project Sanjivani. Delhi airport has storage capacity of 2.7 million COVID-19 vaccine vials at any given time | Photo Credit: BCCL
New Delhi: The Delhi airport has a storage capacity of 2.7 million vials of COVID-19 vaccine at any given point of time, said a top official of its operator on Tuesday. Videh Kumar Jaipuriar, the CEO of Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL), said at a press briefing that the vaccine distribution programme, which is likely to begin from January, has been named Project Sanjivani by the airport operator.
Jewar airport to be called Noida International Greenfield Airport: Key features
Jewar airport will be known as Noida International Greenfield Airport. Here are some key features of the upcoming airport.
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UPDATED: December 18, 2020 16:15 IST
The new airport at UP s Jewar will be known as Noida International Greenfield Airport and will have image of a flying stork (also known as sarus - UP s state bird) as its logo.
The new airport, coming up in Uttar Pradesh’s Jewar on the outskirts of Delhi will be known as Noida International Greenfield Airport. Located around 70 kilometres from Delhi, the airport is being built by Swiss developer Zurich Airport International.
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The Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) has said that adequate safety measures have been taken at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport, New Delhi, to ensure the safety of flight operations amidst increasing fog in the city. The Airport Collaborative Decision Making (ACDM) cell is utilised to ensure better coordination in case of reduction of visibility as a result of fog.
The airport has three runways, and they are equipped with a landing system that allows CAT-III B operations, the DIAL stated.
“A CAT III B compliant infrastructure allows aircraft to land with a minimum visibility of 50 metres. At IGI (Indira Gandhi International) airport, an aircraft can take off with a visibility of 125 metres,” it said.
DIAL operates the Indira Gandhi International Airport - India’s largest in terms of passenger footfall. According to the agreement signed between AAI and DIAL in 2006 - as part of the privatisation process of Delhi Airport - DIAL paid 45.99 per cent of its annual revenue as concession fee to AAI. DIAL deposits the money on a quarterly basis in an escrow account, which AAI then transfers to its own account. DIAL has also moved Delhi High Court (HC) to recover Rs 399.20 crore it has made to AAI since April as part of the revenue-share agreement. Air transport was inoperative from March 24 for two months. The government had imposed a nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus .