Recently, the company has successfully carried out first shipments. These have proven that the company can handle complex regulatory and customer necessities, including temperature, cold-chain and timing requirements.
As a leading carrier of pharmaceutical and care-intensive goods, SWISS WorldCargo has a rich history of successful and speedy delivery of pharmaceutical products, including vaccines. This long-standing expertise is based on its well-trained staff, as well as the strengths of its hub and ground handling partners. SWISS WorldCargo’s organization is CEIV Pharma-certified. SWISS WorldCargo’s hub in Zurich, operated by Cargologic, is IATA CEIV Pharma-certified and SWISSmedic GDP-compliant, as recognized by the SWISS authorities.
“The next few months present a significant challenge for the entire air cargo and logistics industry,” said Christian Wyss, Head of Quality & Services at SWISS WorldCargo, and leader of the SWISS WorldCargo Vaccine Transport task force. “However, based on our extensive experience carrying out complex pharmaceutical shipments, SWISS WorldCargo is well-positioned to help ship COVID-19 vaccines, to, from and through Switzerland to a variety of global destinations.”
SWISS WorldCargo is continuing to closely monitor the regulatory approval process for all COVID-19 vaccines, and is ready to carry out shipments in the coming weeks and months.
SWISS WorldCargo
SWISS WorldCargo is the airfreight division of SWISS International Air Lines (SWISS). Headquartered at Zurich Airport, SWISS WorldCargo offers a comprehensive range of logistics solutions for transporting high-value and care-intensive consignments to some 130 destinations in over 84 countries. The extensive SWISS WorldCargo network of airfreight services is further supplemented by daily truck connections between key business centers. As a reliable and innovative service provider within the Lufthansa Group, SWISS WorldCargo is consistently committed to delivering SWISS quality to its airfreight customers, and makes a substantial contribution to SWISS’s overall profitability.
