SINGAPORE, Dec 22\u00a0(NNN-Bernama) —\u00a0Singapore Airlines (SIA) delivered the first shipment of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines to Singapore earlier Monday\u00a0evening onboard one of its Boeing 747-400 freighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe delivery of this first batch of Covid-19 vaccines to Singapore is an important milestone in the fight against Covid-19, and we are honoured to be able to play a part in this,” said SIA’s Senior Vice President Cargo, Chin Yau Seng, in a statement Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“It also served to demonstrate SIA\u2019s and the Singapore air hub\u2019s readiness for the very important job of transporting and distributing Covid-19 vaccines internationally,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to SIA, this was also the first Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine shipment to be delivered to a country in Asia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The vaccines were carried on board SQ7979, a scheduled freighter service from Brussels, Belgium, to Singapore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The flight departed on Saturday and arrived in Singapore today at approximately 1955 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prior to Monday\u2019s delivery flight, SIA said it conducted a successful shipment trial on Dec 19, 2020, on the same freighter flight route.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
— NNN-BERNAMA
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