lux-Airport, the operator of Luxembourg Airport, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Eastern Air Logistics, an integrated logistics provider which is a wholly owned subsidiary of China Eastern Airlines.

According to lux-Airport, the agreement covers the promotion of the transportation of time- and temperature-sensitive medicinal products in accordance with the Good Distribution Practice requirements of the European Union and the World Health Organization.

The two companies will maintain a GDP-certified healthcare trade lane between Luxembourg and Shanghai.

“I am delighted to establish this mutually beneficial cooperation agreement between Eastern Air Logistics Co. Ltd. and lux-Airport,” said Johan Vanneste, CEO of lux-Airport. “This is the second such agreement we sign and I noticed some other airports are now copying us. I am convinced this is a very interesting and unique development for shippers of valuable pharma shipments, and that it will stimulate traffic between Shanghai, the world’s third largest cargo airport, and Luxembourg. We will actively stimulate that all parties involved in the chain of transportation at our respective airports are brought together and cooperate to the best of their efforts.”

Jin Xu, vice president of EAL, said that the cooperation makes “perfect sense.”

“This is a significant step in EAL’s strategy to build a global pharma hub-and-spoke system that embraces all key world markets,” he said “By signing this significant MOU with lux-Airport who is also world-known for handling pharmaceutical and healthcare products in the industry, EAL shall cooperate closely with our strategic partner and make unremitting efforts to promote the development of GDP business in local emerging market. By establishing such a fully GDP-secured end-to-end trade lane for pharma and healthcare shipments, we shall stand together to provide more comprehensive, professional and reliable services to all kinds of our clients in this high-value specific market in the bright future.”