(NYSE: UPS), which disclosed Tuesday that it is brokering and operating more than two dozen flights on FEMA's behalf. (NASDAQ: AAWW), National Airlines and United Parcel Service, Inc. Other airlines involved in Project Airbridge include Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. Medline has said it is also ramping up production of reusable face masks and gowns manufactured in Latin America and is working to source additional manufacturing capabilities worldwide. Medline, a manufacturer and distributor in the FEMA program, anticipates bringing 7 million face masks, additional PPE and anesthesia supplies to the U.S., FedEx said. The integrated logistics company, based in Memphis, Tennessee, will operate several flights this week carrying personal protective equipment (PPE) for Medline Industries Inc. More than 500,000 of the suits will be shipped each week for several weeks, FedEx said. This week, in coordination with DuPont, FedEx aircraft transported more than 450,000 Tyvek protective suits from Vietnam to Texas.
On Wednesday, FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX) unveiled details of its participation in the FEMA airlift. Project Airbridge is part of a broader supply chain initiative to accelerate delivery of scarce medical supplies purchased overseas by private distributors to areas besieged with COVID-19 cases. Materials are deconsolidated at local warehouses and delivered around the country by large health care distributors such as Cardinal Health and McKesson Corp. Besides Chicago and Los Angeles, flights are going to Miami Columbus, Ohio (Rickenbacker International Airport) and Louisville, Kentucky. In the last week, air carriers under contract to FEMA and the Department of Health and Human Services have delivered 83.5 million gloves, 4.6 million surgical masks, 1.2 million surgical gowns and 300,000 N95 respirators from Asia, Central America and Mexico. The agency said an additional 72 flights are scheduled over the next three weeks.
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