Hyderabad Airport flags-off first Cool Dolly air cargo for Dr. Reddy’s

September 4, 2020: GMR Hyderabad Air Cargo (GHAC) has flagged off the first temperature-sensitive shipment through its new Cool Dolly for Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories under 15-25 deg. centigrade.

The cool dolly was flagged-off by Sri. JS Chandrasekhar, principal commissioner of customs along with Ravi Prakash Mathur, vice president-supply chain management, Dr Reddy’s laboratories in the presence of Saurabh Kumar, CEO, GMR Hyderabad Air Cargo amidst other members of the Industry and Trade.

SGK Kishore, executive director-south & chief innovation officer, GMR Airports said, “We are very happy to operationalize our Cool Dolly product which will help to ensure end-to-end integrity of cold chain shipments moving via GMR Cargo Terminal and offer an enhanced offering to our trade and industry partners”.

Pradeep Panicker, CEO, GHIAL, said, “It is a delight to facilitate Dr. Reddy’s pharma products through our recently inducted Cool Dolly. This new equipment adds great value to the entire cold chain and will prove beneficial to the consignors dealing in pharma and perishables in the region.”

GMR Hyderabad Air Cargo
GHAC Terminal is a Good Storage and Distribution Practices (GSDP) certified terminal and maintains unbroken cool-chain for transportation of temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical ingredients and vaccines. With the introduction of cool dolly, the mobile refrigeration unit for airside transportation, the temperature integrity can be maintained at the airside apron while the export goods wait for the aircraft. This will prevent any temperature excursions and thus maintain the efficacy of the goods. The addition of this industry-unique offering will greatly benefit the exports from Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and adjoining regions. The cool dolly has been developed in-house by GMR Hyderabad Air Cargo with the help of inputs from Pharmaceutical Exporters and Air Carriers for transportation of Temperature Sensitive Goods in-line with the World Health Organisation (WHO) Guidelines.