City’s international airport on Wednesday transported more than 2.7 lakh doses of the Covishield vaccine across India, as part of its equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccine. The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport delivered 227 boxes, containing approximately 2,72,400 Covishield doses, to 22 destinations across the country via SpiceJet, IndiGo, GoAir, and Vistara flights.

The first shipment of two boxes of the doses departed the CSMIA for Goa at 5.20 am, and the second flight took off to Rajkot at 6 am with seven boxes. In a statement, the CSMIA said it took just 7 minutes to process each cargo - from goods acceptance to dispatch at ramp - after following the relevant Standard Operating Procedures.