15th Mar 2021 | Adwoa Sasu
Addis Ababa, 11 March 2021 – The multi-award-winning and largest airline in Africa, Ethiopian Airlines is pleased to announce that it has operated COVID-19 vaccine delivery flights from Mumbai to Addis Ababa and from Beijing to Brazzaville.
Ethiopian transported the first batch of coronavirus vaccines from Mumbai to Addis Ababa on 06 March 2021. The airline continued to play its prominent role in the vaccine distribution and transported the
vaccines from Beijing to Brazzaville via Addis Ababa on 10 March 2021.
Commenting on the operation of the vaccine delivery flights, Mr Tewolde GebreMariam, CEO of Ethiopian Airlines remarked, “We are glad that we have launched the delivery of our mission-critical service with the distribution of much-anticipated COVID-19 vaccine. We will be repeating the remarkable and globally recognized success in leading the fast delivery of PPE a few months ago with similar delivery speed, professional handling and maintaining the cool chain during the global vaccine distribution. We have made enough preparations to transport the vaccines across the world.”
Ethiopian Cargo & Logistics Services, the cargo unit of Ethiopian Airlines Group, was instrumental in facilitating the flow of medical supplies including PPE across the globe in support of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic by deploying its state-of-the-art cargo terminal, which is the largest in Africa with an annual capacity of around one million tons and compartmentalized temperature-controlled cold storage facilities.
Equipped with different climate chambers ranging between -23OC to 25OC covering an area of 54,000m2, dedicated cool dollies, dedicated pharma team, lease/handling of Envirotainer & DoKaSCH-TS active containers, real-time temperature monitoring system and fully temperature controlled operation, the Pharma Wing is the best suited for handling of pharmaceuticals and all types medical supplies. Additionally, leveraging the naturally air-conditioned weather of its home base Addis Ababa, Ethiopian guarantees safe and seamless cool chain logistics for handling temperature-sensitive healthcare products.
Ethiopian is a major cargo partner of WHO, WFP, donor governments and philanthropists in facilitating the flow of essential medical supplies owing to the massive cargo facility including Pharma Wing, large and dedicated freighters and well-trained manpower.
About Ethiopian
Ethiopian Airlines (Ethiopian) is the fastest growing Airline in Africa. In its seventy plus years of operation,
Ethiopian has become one of the continent’s leading carriers, unrivalled in efficiency and operational
success. Ethiopian commands the lion’s share of the Pan-African passenger and cargo network operating
the youngest and most modern fleet to 127 international passenger and cargo destinations across five
continents. Ethiopian fleet includes ultra-modern and environmentally friendly aircraft such as Airbus
A350, Boeing 787-8, Boeing 787-9, Boeing 777-300ER, Boeing 777-200LR, Boeing 777-200 Freighter,
Bombardier Q-400 double cabin with an average fleet age of five years. In fact, Ethiopian is the first
airline in Africa to own and operate these aircraft. Ethiopian is currently implementing a 15-year strategic
plan called Vision 2025 that will see it become the leading aviation group in Africa with seven business
units: Ethiopian International Services; Ethiopian Cargo & Logistics Services; Ethiopian MRO Services;
Ethiopian Aviation Academy; Ethiopian ADD Hub Ground Services and Ethiopian Airports Services and
Ethiopian Express Services (Domestic). Ethiopian is a multi-award-winning airline registering an average
growth of 25% in the past seven years.
Source: gh-aviation
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