Airlines Plan 8,000-Jet Airlift to Distribute Covid Vaccines
- Multiple-dose vaccines would require even more cargo capacity
- IATA calls it the ‘largest single transport challenge ever’
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Reaching all 7.8 billion people on the planet with a coronavirus vaccine will require a global airlift filling the equivalent of 8,000 Boeing Co. 747 freighters, according the International Air Transport Association.
The capacity estimate assumes that an inoculation program would require only one dose, while multiple-course treatments would add to the demand, Glyn Hughes, the industry body’s head of cargo, said in a media briefing Wednesday.