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Airlines facing what official calls 'deepest crisis ever'

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09:32 - 2/04/2020 الخميس
Update: 09:35 - 2/04/2020 الخميس
REUTERS
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CARGO SUPPLANTS PASSENGERS

So far, the number of cargo flights has remained largely unaffected by the travel restrictions.

Data from FlightAware shows flights by freight and package carriers such as Atlas, Polar, FedEx and UPS arriving in and departing from the United States initially declined during the first week of February 2020. The drop, which correlated to the Hubei Province lockdown, "shows how important China is to the world of international commerce," said Andrew Charlton, an industry analyst.

Shortly thereafter, however, U.S. cargo flights rebounded to previous levels, the data shows.

Because passenger jets transport about half of all air cargo carried worldwide, the grounding of those planes has increased demand for freighters. In response, some commercial airlines such as American, Delta and Virgin Atlantic are using passenger jets solely for shipping cargo.

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