FedEx Vows to Avoid Transport Bottlenecks in Vaccine Roll-Out
- Courier says it will free up whatever cargo capacity is needed
- UPS, DHL also preparing for massive airlift, ground operation
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FedEx Corp. is pledging to avoid transportation logjams when a massive operation begins to deliver a coronavirus vaccine.
The air-freight giant will free up whatever capacity is needed to speed the delicate cargo to distributors or vaccination centers, said Richard Smith, executive vice president of the Americas for FedEx Express. The company is holding daily calls with vaccine developers and U.S. government agencies such as the Defense Department that are in charge of logistics for the roll-out.