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Old Jun 3, 2020, 1:44 pm
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m.y
 
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Originally Posted by pdxparse
I think the biggest impact will be on cargo/freight rates and availability and all the PPE coming over from China. UPS, most freight forwarders, etc. don't have their own cargo planes and buy space on commercial airliners.
The impact of Trump's policy is relatively small, only 4 passenger flights per week impacted, one each from CA/MU/CZ/MF due to China's five one policies. Other airlines including UA/DL and Chinese carriers have been operating cargo only flights using passenger planes.
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