Air cargo companies vie for pharma business with certified trade lanes

© Ian Wilson

With competition for temperature-controlled pharmaceutical air cargo intensifying, initiatives to entice shippers with certified door-to-door trade lanes are gaining momentum. But not every company is a fan of IATA’s CEIV programme.

Two initiatives were announced last week. In the first, Swiss WorldCargo, Cargologic and Singapore Airport Terminal Services (SATS) established a “secure temperature-controlled, quality corridor” between Singapore and Zurich.

The three parties said they had synchronised cargo handling facilities and procedures to deliver accurate and reliable handling on the ground and in ...