With the start of the government’s vaccination drive, Cebu Pacific and the Philippine Airlines said their planes were helping with the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines to different areas in the country.
According to Philippine Airlines spokesperson Cielo Villaluna, the flag carrier has transported thousands of doses of the Sinovac coronavirus vaccine to different parts of the Philippines.
As of the morning of March 4, around 17,400 doses of Sinovac’s CoronaVac vaccines have been delivered to Cagayan de Oro, 21,600 doses to Davao, 12,000 doses to Legazpi and 4,200 doses to Cotabato City.
“Philippine Airlines is proud to be part of this mission of bringing the vaccines to various parts of the country as a first step towards healing and recovery,” Villaluna said in a social media post.
Cebu Pacific’s CebGo unit carried doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Zamboanga and Tuguegarao, said the airline on Friday.
The carrier said that Zamboanga received 17 boxes, while 28 boxes were transported to Tuguegarao.
“As a public service with the widest domestic network, we will do all we can to help ensure the timely and successful distribution of vaccines across the country, as we all work together to pave way for the recovery of our economy,” said CEBGo president and CEO Alex Reyes.
