After a difficult year caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the world welcomed the first distribution of vaccines during the final quarter of 2020. However, to safely transport vaccines needing a range of temperature and handling requirements, airlines, freight forwarders and other air cargo operators began preparing months ago to meet needs that were still unknown. In this list, we at
Air Cargo World rank the top five stories on preparation for and eventual airfreight distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.
UPS delivers Pfizer vaccines. Photo/UPS
After the vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech was the first to receive authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, express operators began moving the vaccine to states that same weekend. Since then, lawmakers and healthcare workers have been among the first in the country to receive the first of two doses required.