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Emirates SkyCargo is further strengthening its temperature-sensitive pharma and vaccine handling capabilities in Dubai with the extension of its fully automated cool room with 94 airline pallet positions at its EU GDP certified dedicated pharma facility at Dubai International Airport.
The extended cool room will provide an additional 2600 square metres of temperature controlled environment (2-25 degrees Celsius) for the storage and handling of vaccines and other pharmaceuticals at Emirates SkyCargo’s purpose built GDP certified facility, reinforcing the carrier’s position as an industry leader for the air transportation of pharmaceuticals and providing additional capacity at its Dubai hub to meet the growing demand for transportation of COVID-19 vaccines. The new extension can hold an estimated 60-90 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines at one time.
Emirates SkyCargo delivers 50m vaccine doses to major destinations
DUBAI, 2 days ago In the run-up to World Health Day on April 7, Emirates SkyCargo has become the first airline cargo carrier in the world to have transported more than 50 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines and more than 100 tonnes of syringes across the world on its flights. Since the start of international distribution late last year, Emirates SkyCargo said it has transported over 220 tonnes of Covid-19 vaccines, equivalent to more than 50 million doses, on over 150 flights from manufacturing locations to 50 destinations on its network through Dubai. As early as October 2020, Emirates SkyCargo set up a European Union (EU) GDP certified dedicated airside hub for the distribution of Covid-19 vaccines at its hub in Dubai.
“We have been leading the global air cargo industry s efforts and working with our partner organisations in Dubai to rapidly distribute COVID-19 vaccines through Dubai to the rest of the world, said Nabil Sultan, Emirates Divisional Senior Vice-President, Cargo.
Emirates was one of the first in the world to deploy passenger aircraft for cargo-only flights to transport PPE, medical equipment, pharmaceuticals and food. Over one year, Emirates SkyCargo had operated more than 27,800 flights and transported over 100,000 tonnes of essential commodities.
Last year, Emirates SkyCargo set up a dedicated airside hub in Dubai for distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. In January, the airline joined hands with DP World, International Humanitarian City and Dubai Airports to form the Dubai Vaccine Logistics Alliance to harness the strategic strengths of Dubai as a major distribution hub.