On December 17, China Postal Airlines successfully obtained dual CEIV Pharma certificates from the International Air Transport Association (IATA), making it the first air freighter in China certified for the categories of airline and ground handling service provider (its self-managed apron in Nanjing).

As an authoritative benchmark for global pharmaceutical logistics, the CEIV Pharma certification has established strict assessment criteria around four core dimensions: compliance, safety, traceability and efficiency. With the dual certificates for the categories of airline and ground handling service provider, China Postal Airlines has successfully set up a full-chain compliance assurance system covering the entire process from air trunk transportation to apron operations, which precisely meets the stringent requirements for temperature-controlled pharmaceutical transportation specified in the Good Supply Practice for Pharmaceutical Products (GSP).

Currently, the scale of China’s pharmaceutical cold chain logistics market has exceeded 100 billion yuan (about 14.30 billion US dollars). With its unique advantages of efficiency, speed, safety and stability, cold chain logistics by air has become the first choice for biopharmaceutical transportation. The successful attainment of the dual CEIV Pharma certificates by China Postal Airlines accurately aligns with the national policy orientation of fostering pharmaceutical air cold chain logistics systems, thereby providing solid support for the expansion of its related business.