News / As a vaccine nears, airports and trucking services need to be ready

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As the US prepares to announce a vaccine for Covid-19 and Russia claims its Sputnik-V vaccine will be ready for mass use next month, all eyes are on the air freight industry – and whether it will be able to cope.

But it’s airports rather than airlines that could most be at risk of unpreparedness.

Much of the concern has focused on airline capacity, but with many passenger aircraft still underemployed, that won’t be the worst problem, say air cargo executives, who ...