Operation Fly Formula carries over 44,000 pounds of formula to Louisville
LOUSIVILLE, Ky. – Several Operation Fly Formula flights have brought over baby formula this week that combines to make over four million eight-ounce bottles.
On Thursday, June 16, an Operation Fly Formula flight from Switzerland arrived at the Louisville International Airport carrying over 44,000 pounds of Nestlé Health Science Alfamino and Alfamino Junior specialty infant formula.
The shipment is equal to approximately 548,000 eight-ounce bottles, according to a release by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The product will be available mainly through a distribution pipeline serving hospitals, home health companies and Women, Infants and Children programs around the U.S., with additional deliveries of Nestlé formula being announced in the coming days.
On Friday, June 17, an Operation Fly Formula flight from Melbourne, Australia, arrived at the Rickenbacker International Airport, carrying Bubs infant formula. This is the second shipment from Bubs to the U.S. this week, with the first shipment arriving in Los Angeles, California, on Sunday, June 12, according to the release.
Combined, the two Bubs shipments alone bring more than 380,000 pounds of infant formula to the U.S., the equivalent of approximately 4 million eight-ounce bottles.
The release further stated the Bubs formula will be available through Walmart, The Kroger Company and Albertsons Companies distribution channels.
These are two of ten Operation Fly Formula flights landing the week of June 13, projected to import nearly 5 million, eight-ounce bottle equivalents of infant formula to the United States. By June 19, Operation Fly Formula flights will have imported nearly 13 million eight-ounce bottle equivalents of infant formula.
