Singapore Airlines has operated its second flight to Dhaka in partnership with Temasek Foundation to support World Food Programme and the global Covid-19 response.
The flight arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 10:40pm on Sunday from Singapore carrying over 20 Tonnes of PPE including surgical gowns, goggles and nasal oxygen cannula, according to a press release received on Monday.
Singapore Airlines (SIA) and the Temasek Foundation are partnering with the World Food Programme (WFP) to support the global Covid-19 response to help transport essential medical supplies and other health and humanitarian items by air to points of need around the world.
Under this agreement, SIA is making ad-hoc charter flights and freight space in its scheduled services available on a cost-recovery basis, with flight costs being covered by a contribution of up to US$6.5 million from the Temasek Foundation.