How 2 airlines transported the COVID-19 vaccine to some of the farthest regions of the world

  • Date: 27-Dec-2020
  • Source: Business Insider
  • Sector:Transport
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How 2 airlines transported the COVID-19 vaccine to some of the farthest regions of the world

Alaska Airlines transporting the COVID-19 vaccine.







Alaska Airlines















Alaska Airlines and Singapore Airlines were tasked with transporting the vaccine to their geographically-challenged homelands.

The first doses arrived in remote Alaskan communities less than three days after the first trucks left Kalamazoo, Michigan while Singapore became the first country to receive the vaccine one week later.

Passenger airlines and cargo carriers alike have been essential in getting the vaccine to the world's furthest reaches. 

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The first doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine left Kalamazoo, Michigan on December 13 and within days, even the most remote locales were able to begin inoculations thanks to the coordinated efforts of freight forwarders, shippers, airlines, and even law enforcement agencies. 

Cargo carriers UPS Airlines and FedEx Express had the honor of flying the first doses from Michigan but passenger airlines also proved to be an integral part of the aerial vaccine distribution network. United Airlines, for example, flew the first US doses in from Belgium shortly after Thanksgiving,