Airports around the world have been warned to stay on high alert and increase security efforts to protect COVID-19 vaccine shipments, as reports suggest vaccines are being targeted by criminal enterprises. Within days of the first COVID-19 vaccines being approved and delivered in the UK and US, reports surfaced of criminal networks attempting to sell
Carriers around the US have already begun efforts to transport the recently approved Pfizer vaccine around the country. The US Food and Drug Administration provided the necessary regulatory approval for use of the vaccine on Friday, providing the ultimate test for the aviation industry, which has spent months preparing to distribute the temperature-sensitive vaccines. Following
Airlines and aircraft lessors appear to be turning their sights to converting old passenger jets into freighters, as they bank on a post-COVID boom in e-commerce, and benefit from the falling price of used planes. According to aviation analytics firm Cirium, the number of passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversions around the world will increase by 36 per
British car manufacturer Bentley has announced it will utilise five Antonov cargo aircraft to help it overcome the potential supply bottleneck caused by a chaotic exit of Britain from the European Union. Bentley sources most of its supplies from continental Europe, and sells about 24 per cent of its cars into Europe, CEO Adrian Hallmark
The world’s airlines are on track to lose a total of $157 billion throughout 2020 and 2021 as global COVID cases continue to surge, according to the IATA. The International Air Transport Association has downgraded its industry outlook since June, when it had forecast $100 billion in losses across the two-year period. Now, the association
UNICEF, the United Nations agency providing humanitarian and medical relief to children, has reportedly held talks with around 40 airlines to discuss their involvement in the future COVID-19 vaccine supply chain. The meeting was said to include cargo airlines, couriers, passenger airlines with cargo divisions, and passenger carriers that would be able to use
