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‘Rolling into quicksand’: Coronavirus outbreak leaves Winnipeg airport virtually empty
Like airports around the world, the global pandemic is gradually emptying out Winnipeg’s Richardson International Airport.Winnipeg Richardson International Airport was empty amid the COVID-19 outbreak on the afternoon of Tuesday, March 17. (Trevor Brine/CBC)Like airports around the world, the global pandemic is gradually emptying out Winnipeg’s Richardson International Airport. As governments called for people to…
Like airports around the world, the global pandemic is gradually emptying out Winnipeg’s Richardson International Airport.
Like airports around the world, the global pandemic is gradually emptying out Winnipeg's Richardson International Airport.
As governments called for people to stop non-essential domestic travel, airlines slashed their schedules.
“It's like slow rolling into quicksand,” said Barry Rempel, the CEO of Winnipeg Airports Authority, the not-for-profit entity that owns and operates the airport.
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