Poonawalla Family lands in Chandigarh days after global vaccine summit

Poonawalla Family flew from Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport to Chandigarh's Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport on May 29, 2026, a journey of just 37 minutes aboard their Bombardier Global 6500 (VT-CDC). The short hop suggests a routine meeting or site visit rather than a major international event.

The same week, per a report from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India's National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization convened in New Delhi to discuss next-generation vaccine rollouts — an agenda that directly intersects with Serum Institute of India's pipeline. Chandigarh, though not a site of the advisory group meeting, serves as a regional hub for pharmaceutical logistics and regulatory offices in north India, making it a plausible destination for the family to coordinate distribution or production planning away from the capital.

The flight follows a pattern visible in the family's recent travel: a May 27 leg from Mumbai to Chandigarh's neighbor city Chandigarh? Actually, the recent flights show a May 27 movement from Mumbai (19.09,72.83) to Mohali (30.64,76.87) — near Chandigarh — and then from Mohali to Delhi on May 28 (28.55,77.07). The family appears to be working the Delhi-Chandigarh corridor intensively in late May 2026, consistent with a cluster of business meetings linked to Serum Institute's northern supply chain and regulatory engagements.