Airlines are ordered to file flight schedules as US wants to resume service to China in June. FMTNews
WASHINGTON: The US government late on Friday accused the Chinese government of making it impossible for US airlines to resume service to China and ordered four Chinese air carriers to file flight schedules with the US government.
In an order posted on a US government website and seen by Reuters, the department noted Delta Air Lines and United Airlines want to resume flights to China in June, even as Chinese carriers have continued US flights during the Covid-19 pandemic. United declined to comment. The other US and Chinese carriers, the Civil Aviation Authority of China and China’s foreign ministry did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The number of weekly scheduled combination flights operated between the two countries by US and Chinese carriers fell from 325 in January to 20, by just the four Chinese carriers, in mid-February, before the carriers increased them to 34 in mid-March, the US order said.
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