Pharmaceutical Hub To The World

by Manik Mehta and Steve Smith
Created: February 28, 2012

Just four years after welcoming its first flight, Rajiv Gandhi International Airport is becoming the world’s pharmacy for temperature-sensitive shipments of crucial medicine.

GMR Group

Inside the Air Cargo Complex is the 1,400-square-foot Pharma Zone, specially designed to handle 30,000 metric tons of such temperature-sensitive shipments as bulk drugs, raw pharmaceutical...
Inside the Air Cargo Complex is the 1,400-square-foot Pharma Zone, specially designed to handle 30,000 metric tons of such temperature-sensitive shipments as bulk drugs, raw pharmaceutical materials, medicines and vaccines annually.
Lufthansa Cargo

Lufthansa Cargo stations its own fleet of "Opticoolers"at HYD. The containers maintain a permanent temperature between 2 and 30 degrees Celsius and are an essential component to ship pharmaceuticals...
Lufthansa Cargo stations its own fleet of "Opticoolers"at HYD. The containers maintain a permanent temperature between 2 and 30 degrees Celsius and are an essential component to ship pharmaceuticals around the world.
GMR Group

The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport's Air Cargo Complex was built in 2008 and is operated jointly by Menzies Aviation Plc and HYD's management company.
The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport's Air Cargo Complex was built in 2008 and is operated jointly by Menzies Aviation Plc and HYD's management company.
GMR Group

The Pharma Zone is a dedicated temperature-controlled handling facility for exporting pharmaceuticals. The facility features two cooling chambers with different temperatures – one for storing...
The Pharma Zone is a dedicated temperature-controlled handling facility for exporting pharmaceuticals. The facility features two cooling chambers with different temperatures – one for storing pharmaceuticals at a range of 15 degrees Celsius and 25 degrees Celsius and another for storing even more sensitive products at between 2 degrees Celsius and 8 degrees Celsius.
GMR Group

The Pharma Zone also feature a ball-matting system for storing the ULDs, which could weigh between 800 kilograms to 4,000 kilograms once the freight is ready to move from the terminal to the...
The Pharma Zone also feature a ball-matting system for storing the ULDs, which could weigh between 800 kilograms to 4,000 kilograms once the freight is ready to move from the terminal to the aircraft.”
GMR Group

Display units display ambient temperature and room temperature. FDA-approved data loggers record temperature.
Display units display ambient temperature and room temperature. FDA-approved data loggers record temperature.

“Without these generic drugs, HIV-affected people in many countries would suffer,” Smith claims. “Thus, HYD’s role is unique.”

Smith does expect competition for the business. He said the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai and the Chennai International Airport in Chennai are both likely to follow HYD’s example and set up similar pharmaceutical storage facilities.

About the Author: Manik Mehta is a New York-based journalist with extensive experience covering aviation, including ground support, airports, airlines, infrastructure and passenger/cargo traffic. From his New York base, Mehta travels frequently to Europe and Asia.

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