The move is in retaliation for Beijing barring American carriers from re-entering its market
An Air China aeroplane sits at a gate at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, the US, on May 24 2018. Picture: DANIEL SLIM / AFPThe Trump administration issued an order suspending passenger flights from China-based airlines, saying it was retaliation for Beijing barring American carriers from re-entering that market, in a continued escalation of tensions between the two nations.
The move ramps up tensions between the US and China, adding to disputes over trade, the coronavirus pandemic and the treatment of Hong Kong. On Friday, Trump said that the US would “begin the process” of eliminating the policy exemptions that allow the US to treat Hong Kong differently than the mainland. China’s leaders recently moved to impose sweeping new national security legislation on the Asian financial hub.
The order stops short of an outright ban, allowing Chinese carriers to operate one flight to the US for each flight that nation grants to American carriers. At the same time, airfreight haulers such as FedEx and United Parcel Service have had to ramp up operations in China to fulfil demand for medical supplies and other equipment.
The department on Wednesday accused the Civil Aviation Authority of China of being “unable to communicate definitively” when it will allow US airlines to resume flights. American’s last China flights departed on January 31. It is set to resume flights between Dallas-Fort Worth and Hong Kong in July, with other passenger service scheduled to restart in October. American has an average of six total daily nonstop flights to the cities of Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing from Dallas-Fort Worth and Los Angeles.
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