'A hopeful change' as 3 Chinese airlines resume SFO flights (California)

SFGate ^ | 3-18-20 | Chris McGinnis

[dynachrome]

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

Strangely, flights were not yet available for booking at the time of this writing on the airline’s North America website.

[dynachrome]

"I love corona-chan"

[null and void]

Words fail.

Bring Out Your Dead

Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.

The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.

The false positive rate was 100%.

At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.

*sigh* Such is life, and death...

If a quarantine saves just one child's or one old fart’s life, it's worth it.

[DannyTN]

The US hasn’t lifted it’s ban yet, so no.?.

[redshawk]

I thought our borders were closed. .....

[Deaf Smith]

Hopefully evacuation flights.

POTUS Trump said NO to incoming.

[Jane Long]

Capt Sum Ting Wong?

[clintonh8r]

It’s San Francisco, not America.

[Jane Long]

That’s what I was thinking.

Is there an expiration date, on the ban, that we don’t know about?

[grey_whiskers]

Ban is for US-flagged carriers.

[clintonh8r]

Wee Tu Lo!

[hinckley buzzard]

”Strangely, flights were not yet available...”

Nothing “strange” about it you epicene scumbags. The US FAA has more to say about it than some Chinese website.

[lightman]

We can send our “exposed” back over!

[LegendHasIt]

I though that President Trump shut that kind of stuff down?

[VTenigma]

WTF!!

[TigerClaws]

During the height of the spread from Wuhan to Italy, local government stooge lapdogs and their liberal moronic followers held a “Hug a Chinese” event.

A good summary of the west’s relationship with China. They take our money after buying our politicians and kill us to conquer.

[Secret Agent Man]

Probably now is not the time to restart flights from China.

Not yet.

[time4good]

And co-pilot Wi Tu Lo

Head Flight Attendent Bahn-Gdng Hau

[Drago]

Looks like plenty of flights arriving from China...here is a China Southern flight inbound to Los Angeles for a 9:28pm PDT landing:

https://www.flightradar24.com/CSN609/243900b0

[datura]

US State Department has cancelled ALL Visa processing, worldwide.