COVID vaccine fallout: General air cargo, wait your turn

Big pallet of shrink-wrapped cargo being rolled under the wing of a cargo plane on a sunny day.

Shippers of general commodities such as auto parts, wine, apparel and telecommunications equipment should be prepared for air transportation delays in the coming months, because any new releases of COVID-19 vaccines will take priority, logistics experts say.

Cargo carriers, including airlines operating passenger aircraft as mini-freighters, are likely to bump general cargo from flights to make room for emergency shipments of lifesaving vaccines, which also will command the highest rates because...

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