CHINA-US: WASHINGTON ACCUSES CHINA OF BLOCKING AMERICAN CARRIERS FROM RESUMING FLIGHTS TO CHINA
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CNN Business News (May 25) reported that Washington has accused Beijing of blocking American carriers from resuming flights to China, prompting US authorities to more heavily scrutinise Chinese airlines. The US Department of Transportation said United Airlines (UAL) and Delta Air Lines (DAL) want to restart US-China routes in early June and submitted applications to the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) to do so. Like other carriers, United and Delta suspended flights to China in February because of the coronavirus. The problem facing the US carriers is that the CAAC, in an effort to stop imported cases of Covid-19, ordered all airlines to use their flight schedules for the March 16-22 week as a benchmark to determine how many flights they could operate to China until further notice. By that date, US airlines had "completely ceased flying passenger service to China," according to the Department of Transportation.
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