(Credit: Delta Cargo)
Delta Cargo announced that it has been awarded the International Air Transport Association”s (IATA) Center of Excellence for Independent Validators (CEIV) pharma logistics certification. Delta is the first U.S. global passenger carrier to receive this accolade and has now joined the elite group of pharma logistics providers to achieve CEIV pharma certification.
The certification is awarded to the company at the headquarters level and additionally at Delta’s largest cargo operation which is located in Atlanta. With this certification Delta has created the first CEIV pharma trans-Atlantic network connecting Atlanta with other existing CEIV pharma certified partners, stations and handlers in Amsterdam, Brussels, Milan, Paris, and Rome.
The Envirotainer RAP e2 approved for carriage in Delta’s domestic and international widebody aircraft. (Credit: Delta Cargo)
Following the award of IATA’s CEIV pharma logistics certification, Delta Cargo also announced its approval for the carriage of the Envirotainer RAP e2 in Delta’s domestic and international widebody aircraft. The container is suited for shipments requiring strict temperature control between +0°C and +20°C.
The approval of the Envirotainer RAP e2 enhances Delta’s Pharma product offering, which is available in Pharma 1 locations around the world. The active container expands flight options beyond those using the Envirotainer RAP t2, as it does not require dry ice as a coolant. It also provides significantly more capacity for goods than the Envirotainer RKN e1.
Delta Cargo aircraft can also carry CSafe, the entire Envirotainer active container line including the e1&e2 containers, 5 va-q-tec passive containers.
“The safe and efficient transportation of pharma products for the healthcare and pharmaceutical industry is a key priority for us, as is the health and safety of patients who depend on them,” said Gareth Joyce, president-cargo and senior vice president airport customer service. “Delta has made significant investments in the ensuring that our facilities, equipment, operations, and staff comply with all applicable standards, regulations, and guidelines expected from pharmaceutical manufacturers.”
The CEIV pharma certification also provides significant opportunities as Delta and joint venture partner Air France KLM Martinair Cargo, who is also CEIV Pharma certified, can transport Pharma products across the extensive Delta, Air France and KLM networks creating a global trade lane.
Joyce continues; “This award really opens up our flights across the globe to the Pharma industry which can now rely on Delta, Air France, and KLM for their speed, consistency and efficiency in delivering high-value, time-sensitive, temperature-controlled products right across the network.”
”The North American freight market is the third largest in the world, accounting for over 20 percent of total global trade,” said Nick Careen, IATA’s vice president airport, passenger, cargo and security. “Having Delta Cargo, one of the region’s largest operators, achieve CEIV pharma certification is a boost not only for the airline’s customers, who can be confident that their life-saving and temperature sensitive products will be delivered in impeccable condition, but also the region. We congratulate them on their achievement and for taking the industry one step closer to having a global standard in place for the transportation of pharmaceuticals.”
(Source: Delta Cargo)
