Transporting human albumin in times of Covid-19
Air Bridge Cargo Airlines (ABC) recently organised a dedicated pharma charter flight from Leipzig (Germany) to Guangzhou (China) through Novosibirsk (Russia). The airline's partner Kuehne + Nagel delivered 19 ULD from Vienna (Austria) to Leipzig with over 500,000 vials of human albumin packaged in Tyvek thermo covers. After completion of the loading, the B747-8F took off with over 105 t of sensitive products onboard within a range of +2°C and +25°C.
ABC general director Nikolay Glushnev: "With most of the anti-Covid-19 shipments switching to slow logistics, we could use this period to test our capabilities for vaccine transportation. It is important to keep the regular flow of medicines, which were previously rescheduled or postponed with priorities given to Covid-19 cargo." (ah)