Airlines Gear Up to Transport Vaccines That Could Revive Travel

Airlines Gear Up to Transport Vaccines That Could Revive Travel

The Road to a Coronavirus VaccineHow Pfizer's Vaccine Works11 Things to KnowWho Should Get it First?Vaccine TrackerUnited Airlines's cargo facility at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. The airline industry will play a vital role in moving millions of vaccine doses, putting underused planes and crews idled by the pandemic to work.Credit...Sebastian Hidalgo for The New York TimesAirlines Gear Up to Transport Vaccines That Could Revive TravelPlanes are one part of an elaborate supply chain to move billions of doses of vaccines around the world.United Airlines's cargo facility at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. The airline industry will play a vital role in moving millions of vaccine doses, putting underused planes and crews idled by the pandemic to work.Credit...Sebastian Hidalgo for The New York TimesBy Niraj ChokshiDec. 10, 2020, 12:59 p.m. ETMonths before anyone knew which of the coronavirus vaccine candidates would pull ahead or when they'd be available, airlines were trying to figure out how to transport doses around the world.Over the summer, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines spoke with government officials, pharmaceutical companies and experts to understand where vaccines might be produced, how they would be shipped and how best to position people and planes to