Gefco battles for cabin luggage space
Global logistics provider Gefco has transported a large shipment of medical supplies on special charter flights from Shanghai to Bratislava.
The deliveries took place from 31 March to 1 April using two B787 temporarily converted to carry cargo - more than 64 t of medical supplies, including 6 million face masks, 20,000 respirators and 8,000 non-contact thermometers, as well as 60 pallets of vitamins and food supplements.
On arrival, the shipments were unloaded, sorted and palletised by Gefco at the airport of the Slovak capital for overland distribution to Penta's network of Dr. Max pharmacies and Svet Zdravia / Pro Care hospitals Slovakia and neighbouring Czechia, the first two countries in Europe to impose mandatory mask-wearing, counting over 3,000 cases of Covid-19 to date. (ah)