Sunrays
Project Purpose
As soon as approved and manufactured, the delivery of Covid-19 vaccines will be urgent, requiring speed, reliability, security, and special care that air cargo is offering. Like for any other medical treatment, the air cargo industry is committed to ensure the safe delivery of the vaccines but the unprecedent urgency and scale of this logistics challenge necessitate global and local strategies to be defined and each logistics provider to be prepared.
Project Objective(s)
The aim of Project Sunrays was to provide timely and verified information for the pharma industry and air cargo stakeholders to support them in their planning and decision-making process.
Project Status And Key-takeaways
Project ongoing, following the steps:
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Work Package 1: Host and exclusive webinar for the members of both organisations (Pharma.Aero and HLA) on June 15, 2021, followed by a survey. The results of the survey and insights gathered amongst the presenters, the attendees and the project group were outlined in a White Paper. This first report examined the competitive positioning of UAV against other transportation modes, the regulatory framework for drone operations and applications of UAV in the Pharma and Humanitarian Air Cargo sector.
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Work Package 2: Create a 360° interactive video to showcase drone lab technologies, different types of drones and drone operations. This video is now available for Pharma.Aero members only.
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Work Package 3: Map the journey of the Covid-19 vaccines from the manufacture point in Europe to the arm of the patient in Malawi. Draft a list of recommendations on how to optimize the end-to-end transportation by shortening the supply chain and linking both traditional airfreight and drone worlds. Disseminate a theoretical proof of concept (technical report and white paper). See here the video of the Vaccines transportation from Belgium to Malawi.
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Steering Committee:
- Brussels Airport Company
- Changi Airport Group
- Edmonton International Airport
- Flexport
- Miami International Airport
- Neutral Air Partner
- Sats
- Turkish Airlines
- 4Advice, Change Horizon and Mediconed (external consultants)
Active engagement of vaccines manufacturers (Pharma.Aero members and non-members):
- Biontech
- GSK
- Johnson & Johnson
- MSD
- Pfizer
- Sanofi