Issue 14 • July-September, 2020 (Q2)

AAI celebrates 74th Independence Day with precautions amid COVID-19 appreciated the efforts of entire AAI family, especially the Corona Warriors who worked round the clock during the difficult time and, still striving to bring AAI back on track after prolonged lockdown effects. This year, in view of the ongoing pandemic, the celebration was performed in a subdued manner as per guidelines of Ministry of Home Affairs The Authority of celebrated with minimum gathering maintaining all the 74th Independence Day with great COVID-19 protocols. The programme was patriotic fervour. The celebration began webcasted live for employees owing to the conservation. AAI Airports across the with the flag hoisting ceremony by Shri restrictions on mass gathering. country also celebrated the National Day Arvind Singh, Chairman, AAI at the New On the eve of Independence Day, the with hoisting of the tricolour and expressing ATS Complex in the presence of Board premises of the Air Traffic Control complex gratitude towards frontline warriors for Members and senior officials of AAI. in New shined bright with the their dedication and tireless efforts during In his address, the Chairman spoke about tricolour. On the occasion, saplings were COVID-19 pandemic risking their lives the efficiency with which the AAI has also planted in the premises of NATS for the hassle free and safe movement of delivered its duties during the pandemic. He complex to send a message of environment passengers and special flights.

1 AAI Airports moving ahead on the road to recovery Brighter days ahead

Standing tall against the pandemic, AAI Airports across all regions have also played On 01st September, 20, Airports have been tirelessly striving instrumental role in bringing back lakhs completed 100 days of domestic operations to transport people and cargo across of Indians stranded abroad under Vande post resumption on 25th May, 20. Amidst the country and continents. Effective Bharat Mission while ensuring all safety and Extensive implementation of safety the COVID 19 pandemic situation around, measures like proper sanitization of touch the airport facilitated 2,62,640 arriving standards have enabled the steady increase points and disinfection of luggage in place in fight operations passengers (2979 aircraft movements) and for every flight movement. More than 18 2,98,359 departing passengers (2981 aircraft In a span of four months, over 109 lakh lakh stranded people returned and flown th movements) during this period abiding by passengers chose to fly through our airports out the country 6 May, 2020. the safety protocols. With passenger and located pan India. More than 1.22 lakh flights took to the skies, making domestic connectivity The unshakable commitment of Indian Civil aircraft count keeps increasing every day, soar high. The sincere service of our airports Aviation Sector has made air operations these are positive signs to cling on to, when have successfully instilled the confidence and bounced back even in such challenging the whole of aviation is striving hard to be trust in passengers to fly more. times. back to the pre-COVID scenario. Flights Operations at Amritsar Airport Amritsar Airport rendered its services throughout the Lockdown Brief details of the flights and passengers’ movements period. The airport was ready to cater to the evacuation, repatriation Sl. No. Flights No. of Flights Passengers and special flights. Post resumption of flight operations, the airport handled domestic and international flights (under Vande Bharat 1 International Repatriation Flights 190 62081 Mission and special flights by British and Canadian Government 2 Vande Bharat Mission Flights 105 14177 to evacuate their citizens from Punjab). The efforts have been appreciated by passengers, state government and particularly the 3 Domestic Flights 670 114284 British and Canadian Embassies in India. *Data till 29th September, 2020 Increase in Tariff of Airport Services With dedicated efforts of Tariff cell at CHQ, Ministry of Civil respectively. MoCA has also approved Air Navigation Charges Aviation has approved an increase of 10% & 5% increase in Tariff (RNFC, Overflying & TNLC) with an increase of 4% & 3.5% for of Airport Services (Landing, Parking, User Development Fees, International & Domestic respectively from 1st October, 2020 to Extension of Watch Hours) on year on year basis w.e.f. 1st October, 31st March, 2025 and similar increase from 01st April, 2025 to 31st 2020 to 31st March, 2025 for Cluster 1 & 2 Non major airports March, 2030 for all airports in India."

2 Airport gets Rapid Antigen Test Facility Disinfection box at Indore Airport A Rapid Antigen Test facility To limit the risk of infection, has been created for the Indore Airport has installed domestic passengers arriving the luggage disinfection box at the . The for passengers departing from facility is being operated the airport. This box uses UV by medical team of Surat Light Technology for complete Municipal Corporation (SMC). Those passengers sanitization of passenger who were found suspected luggage including Mobile, of COVID-19 during the Laptops etc. This is being health screening by the SMC done in addition to fogging the staff are being provided with passenger’s bag with sodium the antigen testing facility on hypochlorite, to curb the chargeable basis. spread of COVID -19. Hindon Airport gets new Sustainable Management of Waste PET Bottle Shredder residential areas in INS Hansa. Over 6000 personnel and families of reside in the Varunapuri area located in the close vicinity of the airport and generate approximately 1000 Kg wet waste. Vehicle washing waste water plant has also been Airport commissioned two organic operationalised at the airport for treatment waste Converters at Defence Land of waste water generated by INS Hansa Varunapuri, which helps in disposal and vehicle washing center in an eco-friendly composting of wet waste generated from manner.

Adopting an eco-friendly initiative, Rapid Testing centers at Hindon airport has installed a plastic bottle Agartala Airport shredder machine to address the plastic In a major relief to the AAI employees, waste generated inside the terminal. With staff and aviation stakeholders especially capacity of shredding 15kg in an hour, this passengers, COVID-19 testing center was machine is placed in Security Hold Area recently set up at the Agartala Airport. for convenience of passenger travelling The center was later shifted from the through the airport. Costing around airport terminal to outside for ease Rs. 72,000/-, this initiative has been of convenience of the passengers. garnering appreciation from all stake- Airport Authorities thanked the district holders. administration for this support.

3 New Experiment to avoid Sip of Immunity at airports Bird Hit Incidents

To prevent incidents of birds accidentally The pandemic has changed the food and to improve their immunity.Passengers are hitting a flight, a unique effort has been beverages menu options at airports with now opting for ‘immunity boosters’ in place started at Indore Airport. Under this, a team outlets and staff serving immunity boosters of other food and beverages options and of airport officials and staff, while inspecting to passengers. The Earth Lounge at appreciating this initiative taken by airports the grass land adjacent to the runway made Airport has been offering immunity booster with a gesture of care. noises and smashed sticks on the ground drinks Kadha, turmeric milk and rasam to so that birds do not make their nest there. passengers. Passengers with access to the Similarly, “Medicated Tea / Kaada” service They prefer a place away from humans lounge can enjoy these drinks blended with was also initiated by Goa Airport jointly and with lesser or no noise. Thus, the new rich & healthy ingredients. with CISF on No Profit No Loss basis, as experiment will help to reduce the incidents in association with Govt. Siddha Medical an endeavor to boost the immunity and of birds colliding with planes. College is also offering 'KabasuraKudineer,' morale of Frontline Corona warriors a health drink to all passengers, in an effort working at the airport. District Administration appreciates Airport ensures safe travel

Tirupati Airport is committed towards With thousands of passengers commuting in maintaining the hygiene standards by and out of the Airport, to provide the safety making the common areas of the terminal to the passengers and employees, Tirupati building germs - free. Due to consistent Airport is taking steps ensuring highest movement of passengers, areas such as standards of hygiene and cleanliness by Security Hold, Restrooms, Transfer points, maintaining the frequency of sanitization, etc. need ceaseless sanitization. using sprayers and Nano Steam Guns. New Guest House at Agartala Airport Committed for the welfare of staff and guests, MBB Airport, On Independence-Day, 2020, Rupsi Airport th commended with a certificate of appreciation Agartala on 25 August, 20 inaugurated a separate guest house from District Commissioner of for incoming staff on transfer/tour who are required to undergo for its CSR activities & contribution in 14 days’ mandatory quarantine period as per the protocol of state developing social infra in the lower government. The much awaited facility was finally set up and area and adjoining districts. inaugurated by APD Agartala.

4 Rapid Exit Taxiway commissioned at Chennai Airport for construction of RETs and taxiways The new RET is suitable for Code E aircraft to Runway 07/25 and straightening of operations. Qatar Airways 8478 (A350-900) taxiway B etc. On 21st August, 20, one of was the first aircraft to use the RET and the work came to a fruitful culmination was accorded the customary water cannon with commissioning of Rapid Taxiway 3 salute. (C-1) after receiving necessary approvals from DGCA. The RET work was carried out in very challenging circumstances. The RET is The new RET will minimize runway between main Runway 07/25 & Taxiway B To enhance operational area efficiency, occupancy time of arriving flights and will and the work was completed without a jot Chennai Airport has taken up the work also augment runway operational capacity. of operational inconvenience/incident. Embracing Technology: Better Handling of Emergencies As part of its efforts to enhance the It has got a compartment where the capabilities to handle emergency situations following facilities are mounted for use on in an efficient and coordinated manner, the site as and when required for rescue state-of-the-art ‘Mobile Command Post operations or in unlawful situations. (MCP)’ facility has been commissioned at MCP serves as a point where liaison officers Kolkata, Patna and Agartala Airport. of the various cooperating agencies assemble to plan and coordinate the rescue operations. MCP is a customized, fully equipped It is used for establishing staging area for robust vehicle outfitted with specialized all ground service equipment such as tow equipment to serve as an on-scene command, tractors, coaches etc. More importantly, it coordination and communication center for can also be used to establish an assembly airport emergencies where liaison officers area for the uninjured survivors and to of the coordinating agencies assemble to secure/ provide any assistance required receive and disseminate information and by doctors at the Triage Area and arrange make decisions pertinent to the emergency speedy evacuation of injured casualty cases operations. in the hospital. The Brighter Side By doing away with conventional lighting fixtures & implementing other energy- saving measures, Surat Airport has saved approximately Rs. 12 Lakh in a period of last six months. This was made possible by continuous saving by measures like replacement of old conventional lighting fixtures with the new LED lighting fixtures and replacement of old windows / Split AC's to new energy efficient and eco-friendly inverter AC's. Flight Information Display System (FIDS) have also been upgraded with better features. The modern system offers multiple pictures & videos with better resolution along with more user-friendly Automatic Flight Announcement System (AFAS). A total of 39 new FIDS have been installed at Surat Airport for facilitation. Two such big LED FIDS have also been installed at arrival and departure for passenger assistance.

5 Night operations at Tuticorin Airport Tuticorin Airport is now capable of handling all weather day and night operations at low visibility of less than five kms for ATR 72, Q-400 and Dornier AN-32 type of aircraft. This will enhance safety and operational efficiency of the airport. The airport was recently granted the Aerodrome License 3C IFR by DGCA. The new journey began on 03rd July, 2020, when Indigo 6E-7186 took off from Tuticorin Airport with 31 passengers onboard to Chennai in the beautiful skies of the evening. The night landing facility will fulfil the requirements of local community, people from business class, pilgrims and industries of four districts namely Tuticorin, , Kanyakumari and , thereby boosting the economy of the region. New Chopper service between to Srinagar and Garhwal Hills launched under RCS-UDAN to boost Char Dham Yatra On July 29, 2020, Garhwal Hills was added services every week (Monday, Wednesday to the country’s aviation map with Shri and Friday) has been fixed at Rs. 2903/-. , Hon’ble Minister With this launch, the travel distance between of State for Civil Aviation, and Shri Dehradun and Tehri is reduced to just 25 Trivendra Singh Rawat, Chief Minister of minutes, which otherwise takes over three , virtually flagging-off the first hours by road. The Heli-service is believed chopper service, PH201 from Dehradun to to boost the Char Dham Yatra tourism since , covering en-route Nayi Tehri and Dehradun now has direct connectivity with Srinagar. Gauchar in Chamoli district which houses Badrinath temple. The move is also seen as The fare between each destination operated a major step in development of the overall by Helicopter having three hilly region. Strengthening the fire services at New Radar System technology and the highly sophisticated commissioned at systems with full automation like laptop with GPS technology, thermal camera on both bumper turret and roof turret operation at same time with all automated methods. It has also modern rescue tools and inbuilt high mast light with fastest acceleration in its category, which is capable to reach In order to minimize the response time of at the scene of fire within the shortest the fire personnel, new Airfield Crash Fire possible time. Water can be thrown at the Imphal International Airport added a new Tender (ACFT) has been commissioned scene of fire from moving vehicle & is quite feather to its cap as a new Radar system has at Veer Surendra Sai Airport, Jharsuguda, safe and fast. All these features make the been commissioned at the airport recently. . The vehicle named as Rosenbauer airport fire service stronger which in turn The system was formally inaugurated by (Buffalo supreme) 6X6 is the latest model in will make airport operation and passengers’ Airport Director, Shri M. N. Ansari at the respect of fire fighting vehicles worldwide. safety stronger in case of any unprecedented airport. It is second of its type in the region The vehicle is equipped with modern events. after Guwahati.

6 Pune and Leh Airport gearing up for a New Terminal Building annum (MPPA), the terminal building is under construction with a cost of Rs. 475 Cr. The construction work is in full swing in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic with physical progress. The work is likely to be completed by December, 2021 and the new building will be commissioned for public use. is soon going to get a new To meet the traffic growth and growing 2019. With project cost of Rs. 480 crore, integrated terminal building to facilitate demand, construction of a new world-class this new terminal will be equipped with comfortable movement of passengers and terminal building with modern facilities all essential passenger-friendly amenities to ease congestion in the existing terminal is also underway at Kushok Bakula and conveniences, it will be able to handle building. With massive built up area of Rimpochee Airport, Leh. The foundation 20 lakh passengers annually. Construction more than five lakh sq ft. and passenger stone has been laid by The Prime Minister work of the new terminal will be finished capacity of 19 million passengers per of India on February 3rd, by December, 2022. Touchless Journey and Relaxed Waiting at Kolkata Airport 50 recliner chairs across the terminal so passengers can relax before embarking on their journey. The recliners will be of special help for transit passenger, who at times has to wait for several hours to board the next flight. Embracing the power of the Sun at Airport

Adding touchless control to any self-service kiosk before entering the terminal with devices using artificial intelligence reduces the option of contactless usage. Presently, the risk of viral or bacterial transmission. four such touchless check-in kiosks have Passengers at Kolkata Airport no longer been provided in the departure visitor’s need to touch a screen or physical surface; area. The airport is equipped with 21 Self they can control and interact with a Check-in Kiosks. device from a safe distance via mobile A roof -top solar power plant has been phones. Among a slew of new operational In coming time, more such check in commissioned at to promote procedures to ensure passenger safety, kiosks with touchless features will be eco-friendly and sustainable form of The NSCBI Airport, Kolkata has put in commissioned at the departure entry gate energy. The airport has become the first place contactless use of CUSS (Common for passenger convenience. in North East to have a 75 KWP rooftop Use Self Service) kiosk. All passengers Apart from this, in order to maximize the solar power plant installed under the are being encouraged to use web check-in comfort level of passengers and redefining RESCO model. This eco-friendly initiative before arriving at the airport while the rest their travel experience, inside the terminal will help in reducing the carbon footprint can use CUSS (Common Use Self Service) building, Kolkata Airport has also placed of the airport.

7 In-Line Baggage Screening System at 10 AAI Airports conventional pre-check-in X-ray screening The system in place includes four levels with CTX based automated scanning system. of checking, which ensures foolproof A state-of-the-art automated system was screening of baggage for any prohibited commissioned on 21st July, 20 at Trivandrum items. The scanner is capable of handling International Airport. Three such units up to 1800 bags per hour, making the with Smith make CTX Scanner and baggage screening process faster and associated Baggage Handling System have more efficient. been installed at Terminal 2 of the airport. With the introduction of ILBS, manual The Baggage Handling System possesses intervention is minimized, which is In order to ensure the faster check-in modern automatic tag reader (ATRs) and the need the hour to curb the spread of and enhance passenger convenience, In- associated PLC system. Covid-19. Also, the waiting time for check- Line Baggage Screening System has been This facility was inaugurated at in is reduced considerably, as passengers commissioned at Srinagar, Chennai, Goa, Srinagar Airport on 20th September, 20 can directly go to the check-in counter and Kolkata, Ahmedabad (Domestic), , by Shri B. V. R. Subrahmanyam, Chief deposit their baggage, thereby avoiding Varanasi, Jaipur, Trivandrum and Calicut Secretary, & Kashmir in presence an extra queue for conventional X-ray Airport in first phase. It replaces the of AAI officials. screening, before check-in. Handling Emergencies effectively emergency medical services and act as an intermediate amenity between Airport and Hospital for the critically-injured passengers. Shri S. Suresh, Airport Director inaugurated the new facility on the occasion of 74th Independence Day. The facility once deployed will provide the An Emergency medical center for preliminary emergency medical services, services will be the first responder, in case handling medical exigencies was recently which can act as an Emergency Lifesaving of any catastrophe. Further, this facility inaugurated at . The Medical Centre, in case of any exigencies. will also be integrated with the Airport Medical Centre will provide preliminary The staff of airport emergency medical Emergency Calicut Airport completes expansion of Fillets for four Taxiways The work for “Expansion of Fillets for District Administration amid Nationwide four Taxiways” was commenced in the last lockdown. After putting in the best efforts quarter of 2019 but with runway closure round-the-clock in multiple shifts, the work till 28th March, 20, the work got stalled on was completed for all four taxiways, making completion of two taxiways, as there was them more suitable for Code-E aircraft some restriction on extension of NOTAM operations. The removal of hilly obstacle for runway closure. near Isolation Bay was also completed However, the work was resumed making during this tough time, amid COVID-19, use of the available manpower during the thereby making Calicut Airport safer for second phase on special permission from the aircraft operations.

8 Chennai Project bags Gold Mobile Medical Unit at Ranchi Airport in RoSPA Awards Mobile Medical Unit (MMU) commonly are unable to visit known as “Johar Chikitsalaya”, stationed to Public Health at Ranchi Airport has been rendering its Centre and afford services to various villages around the airport other available on roaster basis. The Unit is equipped with medical facility in a dedicated team of health professionals and providing basic medical facilities and the vicinity. The counseling on healthy habits to the local unit is equipped community. This fully fabricated MMU is with a dedicated team of Doctors, GNM, functioning as a mobile clinic and providing pharmacists, started its medical service in door-to-door health services. The initiative the surrounding villages around Ranchi under CSR is meant to address the health Airport to address the vulnerabilities in the issues faced by communities and those who area due to lack of basic health facilities. Chennai Airport Modernization Phase – II project has won 'Gold' in RoSPA Health Security Review Meeting at Airport and Safety Awards 2020 in recognition To review the security preparedness at Pathankot Airport, of excellence in health and safety a joint security review meeting was held on August 28, performance at site. AAI project team, 2020 at airport premises. Chaired by Shri Surinder Pal Larsen Toubro and stakeholders have put Singh Parmar, IGP Border Range, the meeting was also in their remarkable efforts and achieved attended by senior officers from Punjab Armed Police, Police, Security Officers from Airport this prestigious honor. Established Security Unit, local police and Smt. Kamaljit, Airport in 1956, The Royal Society for the Director, Pathankot airport. Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) Health During the course of the discussion, several counter & Safety Awards offers organizations a measures were suggested by the participating members in the wake of possible threat prime opportunity to benchmark safety perception. They also unanimously agreed to take up with the State Govt the necessity to performance year on year and ensure undertake repairs in the approach road to the airport to prevent any mishap. consistent performance between sites. The team jointly undertook necessary inspection of airport premises and emphasized the This is an inspiring achievement to take need for synergy between civil airport authorities, Punjab Police and Himachal Police so forward and to strive for greater milestones as to ensure better coordination. This meeting is conducted yearly under the aegis of State in future. Government of Punjab. fgUnh iqLrdky; dk mn~?kkVu dqYyw eukyh ,;jiksVZ ij gcZy xkMZu Jh oh-oh- jko] foekuiÙku funs'kd] dh LFkkiuk Hkqous'oj }kjk fctq iVuk;d varjjk"Vªh; gokbZvìk Hkqous'oj ds ,dhÑr dk;kZy; ds Hkwry esa lkekftd nwjh ds ekunaM dks viukrs gq, fganh iqLrdky; ,oa v/;;u d{k dk fof/kor mn~?kkVu fd;k x;kA ,d vuwBh igy djrs gq,] Hkkjr ljdkj ds xksfoan oYyHk iar] jk"Vªh; fgeky;h i;kZoj.k laLFkku ds Ñf"k oSKkfudksa ,oa ou bl volj ij foekuiÙku funs'kd egksn; us vius vfHkHkk"k.k esa dgk fd bl iqLrdky; foHkkx dh lgk;rk ls dqYyw eukyh ,;jiksVZ ij cM+s iSekus ls dkfeZdksa esa fganh iqLrdsa i<+us dh vfHk#fp c<+sxh vkSj fganh dk çpkj&çlkj Hkh ij o`{kkjksi.k djrs gq, tM+h&cwVh m|ku ¼Herbal garden½ gksxkA dkfeZd fu;r le; esa v/;;u d{k esa cSBdj iqLrdsa i<+ ldsaxs vkSj iqLrdsa ?kj dh LFkkiuk dh xbZA Ñf"k oSKkfudksa dh lgk;rk ls ,;jiksVZ Hkh ys tk ldsaxsA ij ikS/kk&jksi.k fd;s tkus gsrq ,;jiksVZ dh n`f"V ls vuqi;ksxh Hkwfe dk p;u fd;k x;k rFkk Hkwfe ds p;u mijkar laLFkku Jh nsck'kh"k lkgw] la;qä egkçca/kd bathfu;fjax fo|qr] Jh ch-ds- Hkqb;ka] miegkçca/kd ¼foÙk½] ,oa ou foHkkx ls çkIr fofHkUu çdkj dh vkS"kf/k ds 100 Jh j?kqukFk tkyh] lgk;d egkçca/kd ¼ekuo lalk/ku½ ds lkFk vU; vf/kdkjh o dkfeZd ikS/kksa dks jksfir fd;k x;kA Hkkjrh; foekuiÙku çkf/kdj.k dh Hkh mn~?kkVu lekjksg esa mifLFkr FksA bl igy dh lHkh ds }kjk ljkguk dh xbZA

9 Mock Drill for Emergency Preparedness A Mock Security Drill was conducted at the Kolkata airport on 26th August, 20 with the participation of different stakeholders like CISF, NDRF, fire department, Bidhannagar Police and airport officials to check the preparedness level on detection of a radioactive material at the airport. During the mock exercise, a scenario was created wherein a passenger along with a radioactive material (Isotope) approached at the departure entry gate No. 2 A/B and was detected by the on duty CISF personnel through Radiation Detection Equipment (RDE) limb detector installed at the departure gate. Jorhat Airport associates APD Tuticorin Airport gets Vocational Excellence Award with ASRLM to promote Shri N. Subramanian, Airport voluntary organizations in more Director, Tuticorin Airport was than 210 countries in the world, handicrafts recently presented “The Vocational which focuses on five avenues of Excellence Award” by Rotary Club services, such as club, community, for playing an instrumental role vocational, international service in the commencement of 3C IFR and youth service. facilities and night operations from Rotary Club of Tamiraparani, Airport. The award was presented Tirunelvli, Tamil Nad, was charted at a small event chaired by the on 04th April, 2001, which recognizes Chief Guest Rtn Jesiah Villavarayar honors and awards the individuals, who Excel at Tirunelveli. in serving the society and does exemplary Rotary International is one of the largest service in their vocation.

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10 Low Energy Linear Accelerator machine commissioned under CSR its operational culture has associated with of Chief Guest Prof. Samiran Nundi, AIIMS to give a major boost President AIIMS Rishikesh, Prof. Ravi to specialized health care in treatment of Kant, Director & C.E.O. AIIMS Rishikesh cancer for the benefit of region. and Shri D. K. Gautam, Airport Director . In pursuit of the noble cause, the “Low Energy Linear Accelerator” machine for AAI has funded this scheme to improve Cancer unit was procured and installed the Cancer care treatment of patients at in AllMS, Rishikesh, under the “CSR AIIMS Rishikesh for the residents of Airports Authority of India with deep Scheme” of AAI. The machine was Uttarakhand and adjoining states like UP, rooted philanthropic approach as part of inaugurated in the gracious presence Himachal etc. NE Region extends help to the needy Guwahati Airport donated a food delivery North East Region also came forward to vehicle to Hare Krishna Movement, help the families which are badly affected Guwahati (HKMG) which is distributing by the flood occurred in Assam recently. free meals to people in Guwahati and at Employees of AAI, Guwahati Airport several other locations in the country. On distributed food relief materials in several 17th July, 2020, Shri Ramesh Kumar, APD localities near Guwahati Airport. The truck Guwahati handed over the keys to the carrying flood relief was flagged off by the members of HKM, Guwahati in presence Regional Executive Director (officiating) of CSR team led by General Manager J.T Radhakrishna, General Manager and Smt. Maya Dev. J.HKM-Guwahati has orphanages, slum dwellings, old age home Employees union representatives of AAI. also started "Pure for Cure" Saatwik Food and many more locations in Guwahati city The week-long distribution programme was Distribution at the government hospitals, every day. aimed to reach out to over 1000 families. Call of Heart Organ Donation even in the pandemic of Covid-19. So far, 20 live hearts have been transported to Mumbai, four to Ahmedabad and one each to Chennai, Indore and Delhi from the airport. Two hearts were also transported in post COVID-19 time. Surat Airport has continuously facilitated the With no flights operations on days of transportation of cadaver organs like Heart, complete lockdown in , kidneys, Liver etc. through Donate Life. passengers suffered difficulty while waiting at the airport. Passengers who arrived late Transplantation of heart is said to be race In a joint task with Deenanath Mangeshkar and did not get any transport to commute against time as a donated live heart needs Hospital, Pune and traffic police, a green to their destination opted to spend the to be transplanted within four hours of its corridor was created to transport two live night outside terminal. Airlines staff at removal. Ensuring quick response time, human organs from Pune to Kolkata airport distributed food and water AAI's Surat Airport successfully facilitated & Chennai by special charter flights on to passengers who were stranded due to 27 live hearts so far through DONATE 16th August. Pune Airport played a very suspension of flights during the lockdown LIFE organization. DONATE LIFE has important role in saving lives of two people days in West Bengal. Many flyers caught in been continuously working for Cadaver by effective coordination. in the situation were helped.

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Ashutosh Salil Dhanish Karunan Sheeja J. Shyamkumar Jr. Executive (Ops) Asst. Manager(CNS) Sr. Suptdt.(Fin.) Jr. Executive (Ops) Bangalore Airport Calicut Airport Tirupati Airport

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Urmila Rauth Rakesh Ranjan Kr. Singh Bhuckya Sri Lekha Priyanka Aggarwal Assistant Manager (HR) Jr. Executive (OL) Jr. Executive (OPS) Jr. Engineer (IT) Ranchi Airport Port Blair Airport Amritsar Airport

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