Beja: Plane Hi Fly goes to China to carry medical supplies.
I left today Civil Aviation Terminal Beja, a plane Hi Fly to China, to fetch masks, ventilators and other medical equipment.
The Portuguese airline Hi Fly announced that an Airbus A340, will come out of the Civil Aviation Terminal Beja (TCBeja), Rumo in China, which will load 30 tons of essential medical equipment to combat the pandemic Covid-19.
In its official website, the company states that "Hi Fly was the first airline to respond positively to assist in the crisis caused by the disease, readying an aircraft of its fleet, parked in Beja, in southern Portugal, for an emergency flight to China to carry masks, glasses, clothes, Diagnostic tests, fans and other pieces of medical equipment as needed, already missing in Portugal and other European countries. "
In the statement it is possible to know that "the plane, will from this Friday Beja and then return to Portugal on Sunday, day 22 March, taking unscheduled landing for Humberto Delgado Airport, in Lisbon".
According to the statement from Hi Fly "to ensure that the flight was conducted, the company declined all profits from the mission and also, through its philanthropic Foundation partner Mirpuri, He made a donation 100.000 euros to contribute to the mission costs. "
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
