Philippines AirAsia gets CAAP approval to transport vaccines

Philippines AirAsia, Inc. has received government approval from the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) to transport coronavirus vaccines packed in dry ice.

This approval coincides with the expected arrival of vaccine doses from Sinovac BioTech, Gamaleya Institute, and Pfizer-BioNTech in the coming weeks and months.

The Philippines is anticipating the delivery of 1,000,000 doses of CoronaVac, 480,000 doses of Sputnik V, and 195,000 doses of Pfizer vaccines towards the end of April.

Moderna is slated to begin the delivery of 13,000,000 vaccine doses starting in June and July 2021.

Philippines AirAsia is currently discussing delivery plans with different local government units.

Prior to this approval, only Philippine Airlines and Cebu Pacific were certified as dangerous goods carriers for vaccine transport.

Cebu Pacific had previously announced the delivery of 41,480 vaccine doses to Tuguegarao and Palawan.