baby formula

Airlines act as an auxiliary transport wing for the U.S. government during times of crisis.

Delta Air Lines will transport baby formula from London to two U.S. cities under the Biden administration’s Operation Fly Formula program.

Operation Fly Formula

The baby formula crisis is still acute. FedEx and United Airlines are helping out by delivering new shipments of formula from overseas on Thursday.

United Airlines has stepped up to help Operation Fly Formula by transporting critically needed baby formula from the U.K. on regular passenger flights.

The Biden administration has employed an all-of-government approach to bolstering infant formula supplies until domestic manufacturing can return to normal.

The latest baby formula developments include relaxed regulations to support more imports, an air cargo pipeline and congressional scrutiny.

A Florida trio was recently sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a $200 million infant formula fraud scheme.

FedEx is trucking an emergency shipment that arrived Sunday in Indianapolis on a U.S. military jet to a Nestle warehouse.

This week: The maritime industry celebrates its first International Day for Women, Leonard’s Express unveils its first of five patriotic trucks, and FedEx helps milk banks ship breast milk to combat the formula shortage.

President Biden has approved the first mission for Operation Fly Formula: Bring back baby formula from Europe.

Infant formula manufacturers and the federal government have called in the air cargo cavalry to help with the formula shortage.

The White House has set up Operation Fly Formula to rush imports of baby formula to stores until domestic production can ramp up to cover the shortage.