ATC Aviation has been busy preparing the delivery of the Covid-19 vaccine and is now ready for the task. They have formed the ATC Aviation global Covid-19 Vaccine Task Force Team to come up with the best solutions. The team is being headed by Volker Dunkake and Thomas Baumert. While Dunkake was formerly part of the management of LH Cargo Charter, he is now the company’s expert for charter solutions. On the other hand, Baumert, who was previously in the AF/KLM’s Pharma team Central Europe is now the leading pharma expert in ATC.
ATC Aviation Services, the Frankfurt-based GSSA, says it is ready for the start of Covid-19 vaccine distribution following the work of its internal task force.
The task force is headed by Volker Dunkake, ATC’s charter solutions leader, and Thomas Baumert, who leads the company’s pharma expertise. Both Dunkake and Baumert have airline experience with Lufthansa Cargo Charter and AF-KLM’s Pharma Team, respectively.
Both are based in the Frankfurt Head Office of ATC Aviation Services and heading the ATC Aviation global COVID Vaccine Task Force Team.
ATC says the two have been preparing solutions for the global vaccine distribution for some weeks, including identifying and contacting all relevant stakeholders. These include:
Shippers; Agents; Ground handlers; Airlines; Container providers; Trucking companies.
The task force is coordinating the worldwide pharma activities across the ATC global organisation. On regional levels, the country managers and their pharma experts on site are responsible for the local contacts and the implementation of the respective solutions.
ATC notes that the main origins for production will primarily be in Europe, India, Brazil, Korea, China, and the US.Together with their airline partners, the GSSA controls 300,000 tonnes of annual capacity and serves more than 500 destinations globally. ATC also anticipates the use of solutions such as using charter capacities on full freighters and ‘preighters’.
Ingo Zimmer, Group CEO ATC Aviation Services comments: “We are well aware of the importance of our role in the supply chain of the vaccines and we are ready!”
ATC Aviation Services was established in 1971 and has a worldwide portfolio of more than 70 airlines in 32 countries.
