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Urgent Demand for Medical Equipment Is Making Air Cargo Fees ‘Absolutely Crazy’

Lufthansa Brings Protective Masks Shipment From Shanghai — Photographer: Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images

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By Enda Curran

March 30, 2020 at 5:27 AM UTC

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Urgent demand for medical equipment to fight the coronavirus has sent the cost of chartering aircraft skyrocketing and turned a typically humdrum process into an ultra-competitive auction.