Leipzig/Halle airport's pharma operations Iata certified
Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ), Europe's fifth-largest airfreight hub with 1.24 million t of cargo handled last year, has gained Iata CEIV Pharma certification, enabling it to process time-critical, temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical shipments around the clock.
Following a one-year process, Iata has certified Portground, the ground handling and cargo specialist belonging to LEJ operator Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG.
Portground managing director Alexander König: "Thanks to this accreditation, we are expanding our business area and now have a fully certified process for sensitive pharmaceuticals. That means we can provide a full range of handling services at LEJ from a single source – from receiving deliveries, preparing and storing freight to loading it on the aircraft." (ah)