The charter flight flew from Chicago to Beijing via Moscow, transporting 36 tonnes using a Boeing 747-400ERF.
The vaccines were contained in SONOCO Thermosafe EF4100 pallet shippers and transported at 5oC.
When they arrived in Beijing, the vaccines were safely offloaded and transported to their final destination.
Yulia Celetaria, Global Healthcare Director of Volga-Dnepr Group says: “During the pandemic, most companies concentrated on Covid-19 related products whereas our group has done its best to guarantee available capacity for other vital medicines as the lives of many patients with chronic problems were at stake due to supply chains disruptions. By leveraging a healthy balance between non-Covid and Covid related goods we make a world a safer place to live in.”