The refrigerated warehouse was opened in conjunction with launching FlyPharma, designed specifically to meet the growing demand for the pharmaceuticals and life sciences sector.
“The new facility boasts a 1,010 square metre pharmaceutical handling space with double operational capacity and conforms to the international standards of the World Health Organisation, the European Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use as well as the local standards of the Saudi Food and Drug Authority,” said Omar Hariri, CEO Saudia Cargo.
The centre ships and stores pharmaceuticals using sophisticated technology, together with active temperature-controlled containers for products requiring transportation at temperatures between +2˚C to + 8˚C or +15˚C to + 25˚C.
“We have listened, as always, to our customers, their feedback and expectations during face-to-face meetings and analysed the results of food and drug shipment surveys. We built on the feedback and results and came up with a good perception that helped us launch the new project, which is the first step taken in line with the Saudia Cargo new Transformation Strategy 2020,” Hariri added.
Saudia Cargo aims to open more similar facilities across the region in line with the strategy and is currently planning to open an 800 square metre specialist pharmaceutical handling facility in Riyadh, offering FlyPharma services.