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Cathay Pacific Cargo delivers medical supplies for India’s healthcare emergency

Airline has delivered more than 100 tonnes of humanitarian and medical supplies to India

New Delhi, May 08, 2021: In the face of a grave medical crisis, Cathay Pacific Cargo is flying vital relief shipments to India and it stands ready to do more.

Although passenger flights have been suspended between Hong Kong and India, in the past few weeks Cathay Pacific Cargo has been operating freighters and cargo-only passenger flights, delivering to date more than 100 tonnes of much-needed humanitarian and medical supplies to some of India’s major centres.

These include shipments of specialised oxygen generators, oxygen concentrators and ventilators to Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad. In addition, there has been a sharp increase in volumes for shipments of oxygen, surgical masks, sanitiser, personal protective equipment, pharmaceuticals and vaccines over the past few weeks.

“The Cathay Pacific Group has a long standing relationship with India. We are pained to see the current impact of the pandemic in the country and understand the criticality of shipping essential medical supplies” Cathay Pacific Airways’ Regional General Manager- South Asia, Middle East and Africa, Mark Sutch said.

“With an expansive global network, freighter operations as well as our ability to deploy ad-hoc Cargo-only-Passenger flights, we have been able to transport essential medical equipment to the Indian communities. Recently, we have also seen a sharp increase in demand from Americas and the Chinese mainland for space for humanitarian aid shipments to India and we are working closely with the Indian authorities to deploy additional capacity to accommodate these essential shipments.”

With its dedicated Boeing 747 freighter fleet, Cathay Pacific Cargo stands ready to support relief efforts with its capacity to deliver large humanitarian cargo shipments where they are needed and whenever they are required.

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Corporate Comm India (CCI Newswire)

The Pharma Times News Bureau

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