CEVA Logistics, in partnership with Virgin Atlantic, have transported vital medical equipment to the UK on a specialist flight from Shanghai to London for the fight against Covid-19.
CEVA’s teams in the UK and Shanghai worked together to source almost 1,100 cartons of supplies including 12,600 medical isolation goggles, 500 body bags, 30,000 filters for ventilators, 100,000 aprons, 10,000 sets of scrubs and 7,500 samples tubes for virus testing.
Special UK CAA (Civil Aviation Authority) permission had to be obtained by Virgin Atlantic to carry part of the shipment on the seats of its passenger cabin, with the rest of the cargo in the belly of the aircraft.