PAL flies 2.4 million COVID-19 vaccine doses since March
Aviation Updates Philippines – National flag carrier Philippine Airlines on Friday said it has already
flown over 2.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines from Beijing, China, into the
Philippines since March 2021.
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| Ground crew in Manila unload and disinfect pallets containing COVID-19 vaccines on April 22. Photo from Philippine Airlines. |
According to data released by PAL, the flag carrier flew 400,000 donated
vaccines on March 24. This was followed by another batch of
government-purchased 1-million doses five days later.
For April, PAL transported 500,000 doses on April 11, while another batch
were delivered in Manila just yesterday, April 22.
On Thursday, an Airbus A330-300 arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International
Airport at 5:16 pm, carrying 500,000 additional doses of COVID-19 vaccines
from China.
These numbers do not wholly include those doses transported to various
domestic destinations in the Philippines, in support of the government's
massive vaccination campaign against the still-rampant coronavirus.
"We thank the Philippine government for their trust. Our highly-trained
on-ground and in-flight teams do their part to ensure the successful
transport of these essential goods," said PAL Spokesperson Cielo Villaluna
in a Facebook post.
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