The flight to Russia went in search of a new batch of vaccines – News

The Airbus 330-200 plane, with the designation AR1062, left at 9:10 p.m. for the Russian capital and will arrive in that city this Wednesday at around 1:00 p.m. Argentina time.

Aerolineas President Pablo Ceriani said today through his account of Twitter that the flight concerns “an important logistical job which implies coordination between the various actors of the two countries”.

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The official added that “in the last few days we have worked very hard to be able to carry out this important flight” and said that “there will be a total of 40 hours of operation”.

“We will continue to work with the same energy and dedication and will be able to bring as many vaccines as possible into the country. It is a coordinated effort between the different government areas that is essential to end the pandemic,” added the director of the flag line.

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The third flight of @ Aerolineas_AR. Have a good trip to the whole crew and thank you to the whole team for the effort ?? pic.twitter.com/Y7XB7GAQqP

– Pablo Ceriani (@ceriani_pablo) January 27, 2021

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The first of the flights that carried the first batch of vaccine arrived in Argentina on December 24 with 300,000 doses, while the second did so on December 16 with the same quantity. In this case, it was the second dose to complete the vaccination of 300,000 people who are already vaccinated across the country.

As for the other two trips, this flight to Moscow is carried out directly – without a technical stopover – under the name of “ferry”, that is to say when the plane is empty, only with its cabin crew. and even technicians. Maintenance and charging, if applicable.

The trip is also in charge of 10 crew members, including pilots and co-pilots, who will alternate in command of the ship, joined by dispatchers, technicians and cargo personnel, to reach 18 people.

The trip should require between 15 and 16 hours of flight over Uruguay, Brazil to the height of the city of Recife and from there to begin the crossing of the Atlantic Ocean and enter the European continent by the ‘Spain. Then there is a flyover over France, Switzerland, Germany, Czech Republic, Poland and Belarus, and finally the plane will enter Russian airspace until upon landing at Sheremetyevo International Airport.

Loading time in Moscow, based on previous experiences, should not take more than five hours, so the plane would take off from the Russian capital, after completing the receipt of vaccines and complying with customs procedures, before midnight this Wednesday.

Initially, it was analyzed that the flight would leave last Sunday, but was later postponed for local and Moscow logistical reasons.

Given this circumstance, Ceriani had explained that “this type of operation requires coordinated work to maintain safety in each of the stages and until each of them is confirmed, it is not possible to start by the one that corresponds to us. : cargo flight “.

He also noted that “in addition to our usual flight operations (slot orders, subcontracting of suppliers, flight permits, etc.), in this case, ground logistics must be carried out in a coordinated manner, in order to not to waste extra time shipping vaccines “.

And he explained that “the ground logistics implies that, once the operation is authorized, the forwarder (shipper) comes to the laboratory to pack the vaccines in special containers. Then they are documented and transported to the airport to perform the customs process and their subsequent stowage of the aircraft “.