Patriots Owner Taps Universal for Delivery of 1M Masks
Universal Weather and Aviation once again assisted in the delivery of masks from China, this time using the NFL Patriots Boeing 767 team airplane.
Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots football team, volunteered use of the team's Boeing 767 to transport 1 million masks at the request of Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker. (Photo: Universal Weather and Aviation)
Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots football team, volunteered use of the team's Boeing 767 to transport 1 million masks at the request of Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker. (Photo: Universal Weather and Aviation)

Yet again, Universal Weather and Aviation found itself handling the logistics for another mission to transport one million masks from China to the U.S.—this time using the New England Patriots football team’s Boeing 767, according to a blog post. Universal was contacted by Patriots owner Robert Kraft’s company, the Kraft Group, for help with the overseas mission that was initiated by Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker after striking a deal with Chinese manufacturer Tencent to acquire the masks for the state’s healthcare workers on the front lines of the Covid-19 pandemic.