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John Strickland
Academic
Aviation analyst based in the United Kingdom.
Notable Quotes
"It's the sheer volume of people and the complexity. You will have hundreds of thousands of people being stuck in wrong parts of the world without any certainty as to when they can move."View Story →
"There was now a 'very tight range of options for airlines' trying to navigate the current situation."View Story →
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