IAG Cargo opens state-of-the-art facility at Heathrow

IAG Cargo opened the ‘New Premia’ facility in end-May, a 10,000-sqm handling facility at London Heathrow Airport, which will serve as a hub for handling premium loose shipments. IAG airline expects to see double the amount of cargo it will manage daily and has put significant focus on designing IT systems and systems integration to regulate freight movements and allocations.

IAG said the state-of-the-art facility has been designed to handle more cargo as efficiently as possible with

20 ‘break-and-build’ workstations and 11 rapid rise landside doors for faster loading and unloading. The company also introduced four ‘transfer vehicles’.

New Premia features a dedicated Constant Climate Quality Centre for the acceptance and storage of temperature-sensitive cargo like pharmaceutical and life-science products. IAG Cargo said the new facility is certified under the Good Distribution Practice WDA licence issued by the UK Medicines & Healthcare Regulatory Agency.