United Cargo ships food aid flight to Guam

United Cargo has helped move 190,000 pounds of fresh produce to Guam for the US Department of Agriculture’s Coronavirus Farm Assistance Program.

The airline worked with food-logistics specialist Commodity Forwarders Inc. (CFI) to transport the produce from Los Angeles (LAX) to Guam (GUM) on United’s new cargo-only flight – a route added to meet cargo demand during the Covid-19 crisis.

The fresh food was repacked in 10-pound cases in Los Angeles, prepared for departure at CFI’s LAX location, before being flown to GUM by the United team.

“Everyone on our team has worked relentlessly during the pandemic to get critical goods to where they are needed most. Establishing a comprehensive network of cargo-only flights have allowed us to keep the supply chain moving even while passenger flight capacity has been reduced,” said regional senior manager of cargo sales, Marco Vezjak. “Knowing that we are able to help during these difficult times – in this case the Guam community – is our biggest reward and greatest motivation to keep moving forward.”

Since March 19, United has operated over 4,000 cargo-only flights, moving over 130m pounds of cargo.

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Damian Brett

Damian Brett
I have been writing about the freight and logistics industry since 2007 when I joined International Freighting Weekly to cover the shipping sector.After a stint in PR, I have gone on to work for Containerisation International and Lloyds List - where I was editor of container shipping - before joining Air Cargo News in 2015.Contact me on [email protected]