Cathay Cargo’s Vaccine Solution has been put to the test as the global distribution of vaccines gets underway, including the first shipments destined for use in Hong Kong from Sinovac and Fosun Pharma/BioNTech.
The first shipment for Cathay Pacific’s home city was one million doses of the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine on 19 February. Director Cargo Tom Owen said: ‘We were excited and proud to carry the first Sinovac shipment to support the Hong Kong SAR Government’s vaccination programme.’
The vaccines were loaded inside six temperature-controlled Envirotainer RAP e2 containers to maintain the vaccine temperature range of 2°C - 8°C. They were flown in the belly hold of an Airbus A330 operating the scheduled passenger flight CX391.