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Whenever scientists a vaccine for COVID-19, governments worldwide will scrambling for cargo aircraft. Distributing the vaccine will be one of the biggest logistical operations ever. Aviation experts have that transporting the vaccine across the globe will around 8,000 747 freight planes. This is sufficient to 7.8 billion doses of any vaccine - one dose for everyone on Earth. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has governments they must planning for the "mission of the century". It said: "Even if we that half the needed vaccines can transported by land, the air cargo industry will still its largest single transport challenge ever."

IATA has governments that many obstacles must be to ensure the effective distribution of a vaccine. One critical element of this the creation of temperature-controlled cargo hubs and warehouses. It is essential the vaccine be at the same temperature throughout its journey. This would extensive training of staff worldwide, who must quickly expert in safely handling and moving the vaccine. IATA said a further challenge would security and cross-border controls. It said: "Vaccines will highly valuable commodities. Arrangements must be in place to that shipments secure from tampering and theft."