While most U.S. airlines are cutting flights to historically low numbers because of the coronavirus pandemic, three mainland Chinese carriers plan to resume non-stop flights to San Francisco International Airport this month, a move SFO officials said “marks a hopeful change in direction.”
The resumption of flights is one of several early signs that the worst could be over in China, meaning the crisis will eventually come to an end here, too.
China Eastern will resume a daily non-stop flight this month between its hub in Shanghai and San Francisco using a Boeing 777-300ER jet. Flights are expected to start on Saturday, March 28.
https://m.sfgate.com/travel/article/Chinese-airlines-return-SFO-15140380.php
These airplanes also transport cargo. Lots of cargo. Mail, supplies, equipment, etc.. So it's not just people
And viruses that can remain infectious on paper, metal and plastic for days!
I forgot the /s, but I think you're wrong anyway. The virus survives longer at lower temperatures and we know some viruses, etc. can survive the vacuum of outer space.
I guess no one read The Andromeda Strain. That virus came to earth on the outside of a space probe.
That used to be a great magazine. Loved reading it. Then it became a shill for climate change - and now this fear instigating attempt of an article...