Airlines, logistics companies ramp up global vaccine deliveries

A ground crew pulls out a pallets from a big air shipping container.

The race to distribute the first COVID-19 vaccines is picking up pace around the world as the massive shipping campaign continues for a third day in the U.S.

Express carriers FedEx (NYSE: FDX) and UPS (NYSE: UPS) are making deliveries of Pfizer Inc.’s vaccine to 425 medical centers and other drop locations Tuesday following Friday’s emergency use authorization by the Food and Drug Administration. 

On Tuesday, United Airlines officially confirmed widespread reports that it was the first commercial...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/airlines-logistics-companies-ramp-up-global-vaccine-deliveries

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