Kuala Lumpur, 16th March 2021 – Teleport, the logistics venture of airasia Digital, has been appointed by Utama Multimodal Logistics Sdn Bhd (UML), a cold chain logistics services company focused on transporting pharmaceuticals, to deliver future vaccines arriving in Kuala Lumpur to East Malaysia.
Teleport will help with all future vaccine deliveries to Sandakan, Labuan, Bintulu, Miri and Sibu by leveraging on AirAsia’s wide East Malaysia network and treating them as priority shipments on all AirAsia flights. They will be conducting both the air freight delivery followed by the on-ground transportation once the vaccines have landed in East Malaysia.
Pete Chareonwongsak, Teleport CEO, voiced pride in the partnership with UML. He stated that Teleport was prepared to transport the vaccines with full compliance to IATA Temperature Control Regulations and industry best practices, ensuring that the shipments would be handled with care and precision while staying within the stipulated temperature range.
Nizam Ariff, Managing Director of UML, confirmed their shared excitement to enter their partnership with Teleport, and voiced confidence in Teleport’s ability to use AirAsia’s strong network in Asia to conduct precise, efficient, and fast deliveries.
