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CHINA: Air cargo carriers say China demand weak despite drastic freight capacity

cuts on passenger planes (RTRS)

- Major air cargo carriers said they have no immediate plans to add China

flights to replace the capacity lost amid steep cuts to passenger travel due to

the coronavirus, as many factories have remained shut down after the Lunar New

Year. Aviation data firm OAG said there would be more than 25,000 fewer flights

operated to, from and within China this week compared with two weeks ago, with

30 airlines halting services. About half of the air cargo carried globally is in

the belly of passenger jets rather than in dedicated freighters, and the flight

cuts have made the Chinese market more dependent on freight haulers. (RTRS)