Cargo airlines cancel flights as Shanghai enforces COVID lockdown

A white and light-blue China Airlines 747 freighter.

The staggered lockdown of Shanghai to contain the biggest wave of COVID-19 since the early days of the pandemic is quickly crimping the movement of air cargo.

City officials shut down the eastern half of the city on Monday through April 1 and told people on the western side to quarantine at home or compounds from April 1 to April 5 while they conduct mass testing. With no public transport and people stuck at home, manpower shortages are hindering manufacturing and logistics activity. Many...

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