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By Sam Whelan
As the air cargo industry prepares for a Covid-19 vaccine, some experts are warning of logistical challenges for worldwide distribution.
This week the International Air Cargo Association (Tiaca) and Pharma.Aero formed a working group to develop global guidance and enable optimal transport of a vaccine.
“As pharmaceutical ...
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Josh
August 18, 2020 at 12:14 pmI’d like to understand where the 12000 freighters came from. A 744F has a load capacity of about 740m3. According to the WHO, a vaccine in packed form takes about 2.1cm3. This comes to about 350m vaccines per airplane. Assuming a world population of 7.8 billion, multiplied by 2 (vaccine + booster) * 2.1 (cm3/vaccine), comes to 42.5 744Fs to move vaccines for the entire world.
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