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‘Airlift of the century’ to distribute Covid vaccines around the globe – Executive Traveller
Airlines from Asia to Europe are working frantically behind scenes, but must balance delicate storage requirements with speed.
In cooled warehouses on the fringes of Frankfurt airport, Lufthansa is preparing its depleted fleet for the gargantuan task of airlifting millions of doses of the vaccines meant to end the global pandemic.
Lufthansa, one of the worlds biggest cargo carriers, began planning in April in anticipation of the shots that Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca are developing in record time.
A 20-member task force is at work devising how to fit more of the crucial payload onto the airlines 15 Boeing 777 and MD-11…
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