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Bangkok Flight Services (BFS), a joint venture
between Bangkok Airways and Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) – a
member of the SATS Group, has achieved Good Distribution Practice
(GDP) certification for its dedicated pharma handling facility at
Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK), Thailand’s main
international gateway.
This latest certification takes the number of GDP or IATA CEIV
Pharma certified facilities available to WFS customers globally to
27, with two further locations in North America aiming for
certification in Q2 and Q3 2024.
In addition to Bangkok (BKK), WFS and other
subsidiaries of the SATS Group, now operate certified pharma
handling facilities in Amsterdam, Bangalore, Barcelona, Beijing
(PEK and PKX), Brussels, Cape Town, Copenhagen, Dallas Fort Worth,
Dammam, Dublin, Frankfurt, Ho Chi Minh, Hong Kong, Jakarta,
Johannesburg, Kuala Lumpur, London (LHR and LGW), Madrid, Miami,
Mumbai, Muscat, New York JFK, Paris (CDG) and Philadelphia.
BFS has received GDP Certification for its dedicated pharma handling facility at Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)
“BFS, WFS and SATS share a commitment to
ensuring the safe and secure handling of temperature-controlled,
life-enhancing pharma cargoes,” said Stewart Sinclair, Managing
Director of BFS. “This is evident by our investments
in best-in-class pharma centres in Europe, Scandinavia, North
America, the Middle East, India and Asia, and more certified
facilities will join this network in 2024. These operations are
vital to maintaining the integrity and compliance of pharma
shipments as well as to supporting premium and special cargo
products offered by our customers.”
BFS received its GDP certification from
independent audit body Escem/TüV Rheinland following a stringent
two-day assessment of the pharma facility by Global Pharma
Solutions LLC.
Certification confirms the operation’s compliance with EC
Guidelines on Good Distribution Practice of medicinal products for
human use, and the World Health Organization’s WHO TRS 1025 –
Annex 7 for Good Storage & Distribution Practices for medical
products.
Located inside the main BFS cargo terminal, the
pharma facility consists of 3 zones offering some 120 sqm of
capacity, including over 215 storage positions within
controlled temperature ranges of 15-25°C and 2-8°C.
The facility
also incorporates charging stations for ‘active’ cargo containers
used for the transportation of temperature-controlled pharma
products.
Over 20
of the 80 airlines handled by BFS at BKK now regularly ship pharma cargo
and the company is planning to increase the capacity
of its pharma storage at the airport to support growing customer
volumes.
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