Big 3 US airlines gear up to transport COVID-19 vaccines

A large cooler on wheels for medicine transport sits on tarmac beneath an airplane wing. Air transport is commonly used to ship medicines.

Major U.S. passenger airlines are rehearsing final plans, brushing up on procedures and lining up the right equipment and personnel to support the worldwide distribution of COVID-19 vaccines at a variety of required temperatures.

Moving medicines is not new for passenger airlines, but the scale, urgency and extreme temperature-handling requirements for upcoming coronavirus vaccines is posing challenges for everyone along the supply chain.

American Airlines (NASDQ: AAL) on Monday said it has been...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/big-3-us-airlines-gear-up-to-transport-covid-19-vaccines

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