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Nov 20, 2017 (newstodate): Having obtained the CEIV certificate from IATA on July 31, 2017, SAS Cargo has now joined the growing rank of carriers wooing the pharma industries with integrated air logistic solutions.
Like its competitors, the company's new SAS Pharma Cargo product will focus on ensuring the integrity of temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical and healthcare products in air transportation on its route network.
In addition to using the latest equipment, processes and operating procedures, the new SAS Cargo product is also using active GPS trackers to monitor the shipment to assure accurate temperature along the entire transport chain.
While SAS Cargo itself is thus fully certified up to CEIV requirements, the carrier's three main Scandinavian hubs are still lagging behind in the process of CEIV certification.
In March, 2017, the company said that, as a first, SAS Cargo and Spirit Air Cargo Handling were to open Oslo Airport as a fully CEIV certified station already "this month", and the process would be completed at SAS' other two Scandinavian hubs at Stockholm and Copenhagen in May-June 2017.
This was later adjusted in June 2017 when SAS Cargo stated in a release that Oslo Airport was now expected to be certified "this summer", with the other major hubs at Copenhagen and Stockholm to follow "right after".
Neither Oslo Airport nor the other two Scandinavian hubs have however obtained the final CEIV certification.
Despite repeated efforts, newstodate has still not been able to verify the situation to obtain an updated time schedule for the process from SAS Cargo.
On August 9, 2017, SAS Cargo CEO Leif Rasmussen told newstodate that all conditions had been met at Oslo Airport and only the transfer of official documents remained, while SAS Cargo and Spirit Air Cargo Handling were installing additional cooling facilities at Stockholm and Copenhagen.
-Plans are now that these works will be completed at Copenhagen Airport in week 37, followed by Stockholm Arlanda Airport in week 43, Mr Rasmussen then said.
Like its competitors, the company's new SAS Pharma Cargo product will focus on ensuring the integrity of temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical and healthcare products in air transportation on its route network.
In addition to using the latest equipment, processes and operating procedures, the new SAS Cargo product is also using active GPS trackers to monitor the shipment to assure accurate temperature along the entire transport chain.
While SAS Cargo itself is thus fully certified up to CEIV requirements, the carrier's three main Scandinavian hubs are still lagging behind in the process of CEIV certification.
In March, 2017, the company said that, as a first, SAS Cargo and Spirit Air Cargo Handling were to open Oslo Airport as a fully CEIV certified station already "this month", and the process would be completed at SAS' other two Scandinavian hubs at Stockholm and Copenhagen in May-June 2017.
This was later adjusted in June 2017 when SAS Cargo stated in a release that Oslo Airport was now expected to be certified "this summer", with the other major hubs at Copenhagen and Stockholm to follow "right after".
Neither Oslo Airport nor the other two Scandinavian hubs have however obtained the final CEIV certification.
Despite repeated efforts, newstodate has still not been able to verify the situation to obtain an updated time schedule for the process from SAS Cargo.
On August 9, 2017, SAS Cargo CEO Leif Rasmussen told newstodate that all conditions had been met at Oslo Airport and only the transfer of official documents remained, while SAS Cargo and Spirit Air Cargo Handling were installing additional cooling facilities at Stockholm and Copenhagen.
-Plans are now that these works will be completed at Copenhagen Airport in week 37, followed by Stockholm Arlanda Airport in week 43, Mr Rasmussen then said.