JAL GROUP NEWS
Category: Cargo

Apr 26, 2023

Japan Airlines Cargo obtains CEIV Pharma Certification at Narita Airport
・Japan Airlines (JAL) is the only airline in Japan with both the largest temperature-controlled
pharmaceutical warehouse and CEIV Pharma Certification.
・JAL plans to launch an international standard pharmaceutical truck service between major airport inJapan, Kansai Airport and Narita Airport.
On March 28, 2023, JAL obtained the second CEIV Pharma Certification (The Center ofExcellence for Independent Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics), a quality certification
system for pharmaceutical transportation established by IATA (International AirTransport Association), following the Kansai Airport Warehouse Certification in 2019.
This makes JAL the only airline in Japan to have both CEIV Pharma Certification and thelargest pharmaceutical temperature-controlled warehouse (*1).
(*1) JAL began operating its first temperature-controlled pharmaceutical warehouse at Narita Airport on October 1, 2022.

【Scope of Certification System】 Cases of export from Kansai Airport via Narita Airport(*2) GDP (Good Distribution Practice) - Standards designed to ensure quality in the process of distributing pharmaceutical products frommanufacturing plant to patients.

CEIV Pharma Certification is an international standard based on GDP (Good Distribution Practice) for theproper distribution of pharmaceuticals to establish a high-quality supply chain. The importance of CEIV
Pharma Certification is growing every year as the demand for air transport of pharmaceuticals increases
and reagents and rare medicines require high quality transport.
JAL has reconstructed its organizational structure and management system related to pharmaceuticaltransportation at Narita Airport to obtain the certification. We will be able to offer a complete CEIV Pharma
Certified supply chain, including airports and flights, together with cargo agents who have already received
this certification. This allows JAL to expand not only pharmaceutical exports from Japan to overseas, butalso import and transit demand from Europe and America, the world's pharmaceutical production bases, toJapan.

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1. Establishment of pharmaceutical dedicated temperature-controlled warehouses at two major
locations:
In October 2022, JAL opened the “JALMEDI PORT” at Narita Airport, and thisFebruary “Pharma5” at Kansai Airport.
JAL Kansai Air Cargo System, which isresponsible for handlingpharmaceuticals at Kansai Airport, has
MEDI PORTPharma5
already received CEIV Pharma
Certification in 2019.
2. Providing High-Quality Pharmaceutical Logistics System
This summer, JAL will launch a GDP-compliant cold-chain logistics system using temperaturecontrolled trucks for pharmaceuticals between Kansai, Narita, and Haneda airport. This will allow us
to build a transportation flow as well as handling for each airport and provide a service that meetsthe high standards of pharmaceutical transportation in the inter-airport transportation network.
JAL will support healthy living of people by providing high-quality pharmaceutical transportation services,and will continue to take on new challenges, such as reducing environmental impact and proposing
sustainable logistics to improve the profitability of our cargo business.