A special project team was formed to organise the flight,
which is due to leave London Heathrow on May 5 at 5pm (BA257F), landing in
Delhi at 5.45am (local time) on May 6, loaded with more than a thousand items
from the High Commission of India and charities including Khalsa Aid
International and the largest Hindu Temple outside India, BAPS Shri
Swaminarayan Mandir, in Neasden.
The load includes hundreds of urgent life-saving oxygen
cylinders and shipments of oxygen concentrators, respirators and blood oxygen
saturation monitors. British Airways is
also donating care packages for families in need.
While IAG Cargo and British Airways have maintained a vital
air link between London and India throughout the pandemic, sending aid items on
scheduled flights, this air lift is a special charter, fully funded by the two
companies.
John Cheetham, chief commercial officer at IAG Cargo said,
“We have all seen the terrible scenes in India of the deepening humanitarian
crisis that has impacted the lives of many of our people and our customers.
Thank you to the team at IAG Cargo, British Airways and all the charities
involved in this project – without their support this special mission providing
essential relief to communities in India would not have been possible.”
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