VIEWS: dOWNPLAYING THE IMPACT OF VACCINES

Many experts have expressed their opinions stating that the transportation of vaccines via air will not be a game change for the air cargo industry. Although the carriers are more than happy to help, they have noticed that manufacturing and consumption of vax on local level leaves very little room for transportation by air. The volume of vaccines for air as compared to volumes trucked are low - exact opposite to how they had predetermined. It is believed that once the local use of vaccines is satisfied, only then the demand for international borders will come into picture. Either that, or in a scenario that the new mutation requires re-adjustment of the vaccines. It will be interesting to see how things turn out by mid 2021.