21 December 2020 – Singapore Airlines (SIA) delivered the first shipment of Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines to Singapore earlier this evening on board one of its Boeing 747-400 freighters. This was also the first Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine shipment to be delivered to a country in Asia.
2020年12月21日夜间，新加坡航空公司（以下简称：新航）运送辉瑞-BioNTech(Pfizer-BioNTech)新冠疫苗的首个航班抵达新加坡，该航班由新航一架波音747-400型货机执飞。这也是第一批送抵亚洲国家的辉瑞-BioNTech疫苗。
The vaccines were carried on board SQ7979, a scheduled freighter service from Brussels, Belgium, to Singapore. The flight departed on 20 December 2020 and arrived in Singapore on 21 December 2020 at approximately 1955hours.
2020年12月20日，搭载着这批疫苗的SQ7979号定期货运航班从比利时的布鲁塞尔起飞，并于2020年12月21日约19:55抵达新加坡。
The shipment was prioritised for loading into the aircraft in Brussels and was given similar precedence during unloading in Singapore. It was then transported to SATS’s cold-chain facility, Coolport, for subsequent storage and ground transportation.
这批货物在布鲁塞尔被优先装载进入机舱，在抵达新加坡后也按同样流程优先卸载，随后，这批疫苗被送往新翔集团（SATS）的Coolport冷库进行仓储及地面运输。
Prior to today’s delivery flight, SIA conducted a successful shipment trial on 19 December 2020 on the same freighter flight route. Besides ensuring the smooth and safe delivery of the thermal shippers, also known as the cool boxes, used for the trial, the internal temperature of each box was actively tracked on an end-to-end basis. The sublimation rate of the dry ice in the cool boxes was also measured.
在运送本批疫苗前，新航已于2020年12月19日在同一条货运航线成功完成一次试飞。在试飞期间，除了确保安全稳妥地运送保温运输箱（也称冷柜），新航对每个冷柜内部的温度都进行了端对端的积极跟踪，同时，也测量了冷柜里干冰的升华率。
Mr Chin Yau Seng, Senior Vice President Cargo, SIA, said: “The delivery of this first batch of Covid-19 vaccines to Singapore is an important milestone in the fight against Covid-19, and we are honoured to be able to play a part in this. It also served to demonstrate SIA’s and the Singapore air hub’s readiness for the very important job of transporting and distributing Covid-19 vaccines internationally.”
新加坡航空公司货运高级副总裁陈有成先生表示：“我们很荣幸能参与此次工作，成功将首批新冠疫苗运抵新加坡，这是应对新冠疫情的重要里程碑，代表着新航以及新加坡作为航空枢纽已做好准备，全力以赴地承担国际运送和分发新冠疫苗的重要工作。”
