Special air freight service comes in line with company’s ongoing commitment to strengthening national efforts to combat pandemic
Bahri has been operating cargo flights from China to Saudi Arabia to transport medical equipment and supplies to the government of Saudi Arabia.
This is part of its ongoing efforts to support the Ministry of Health’s initiatives to contain and combat Covid-19 and as part of its SAR 10mn (US$ 2.66mn) worth of services donated to the Ministry,
The special air cargo transportation comes as part of the joint efforts between Bahri, Saudi Aramco, SABIC, and NUPCO in combating the spread of the virus. Delivering on its commitment, Bahri provided its industry-leading logistics services to ship medical equipment and supplies purchased by Saudi Aramco and SABIC to the Kingdom’s airports.
Bahri operated seven cargo flights in May and June to transport into the Kingdom 25.622mn surgical masks, 326,000 N95 masks, 398,335 face shields, and 92,851 protective goggles, as well as 12.835mn of latex medical examination gloves.
“Offering our capabilities and logistical expertise to facilitate the transportation of medical supplies remain our highest priority at present,” commented Abdullah Aldubaikhi, CEO, Bahri.
In addition, Bahri shipped more than 7.54 million of latex medical examination gloves, 24,233 packs of dry wipes, 587 sets of powered air purifying respirators, 587 TM-H2 hoods, and 5.348 million of surgical masks to the Kingdom. The company will operate additional cargo flights to meet the needs of the local healthcare sector.
