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Airport ‘ready’ to handle vaccines

The newly launched Astral Aviation Cargo Plane at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), Nairobi on Friday January 21, 2021. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

Mitchell Cotts plans to modify its pharma facility. Logistics executive says JKIA already has cold storage facilities for fresh produce exports.

Kenya’s main airport in Nairobi will find it easy to switch from handling fruit to importing vaccines because it already has extensive cold storage, a leading logistics executive says.

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