Accusing China of preventing airlines from resuming services, the US threatens to retaliate

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Washington accused Beijing of making it impossible for US airlines to restore flight service to China. US threatens to retaliate against the case.
Accusing China of preventing airlines from resuming services, the US threatens to retaliate
Delta Air Lines aircraft at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth Airport in Alabama, USA, March 25. Photo: Reuters.

The administration of President Donald Trump has canceled imposing restrictions on airlines China but said the talks with China have not yet come to an agreement, according to Reuters.

The US Department of Transportation is trying to persuade China to allow the restoration of US passenger air services there. However, earlier this week the ministry delayed some chartered Chinese flights for failing to comply with notification requirements.

In a directive posted on the government’s website on May 22, the US Department of Transportation said Delta Air Lines and United Airlines want to resume flights to China in June, even if Chinese airlines still carry out flights. There are currently flights to the US between the Covid-19 pandemic.

The directive said Air China, China Eastern Airlines Corp., China Southern Airlines Co., Hainan Airlines Holding Co. and its subsidiaries must submit the flight schedule and other details before May 27.

The US Department of Transportation has warned it may conclude that Chinese flights "are contrary to the applicable laws or adversely affect the public interest."

United declined to comment. Other airlines in the US and China, the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) and the Chinese Foreign Ministry have not immediately responded to requests for comment.

The US Department of Transportation said it "objected to this situation with the Chinese government, repeatedly opposing China’s failure to allow US carriers to fully exercise their rights and deny the rights of carriers." load America in fair and equitable competition with Chinese shipping lines, "and call this a" critical "situation.

On January 31, the US government banned entry for most foreign nationals who had been in China within the previous 14 days but did not apply any restrictions on Chinese flights.

Major US airlines voluntarily decided to suspend all passenger flights to China in February.

Delta and United are carrying cargo flights to China. Delta has requested to approve one flight per day to Pudong Airport in Shanghai from Detroit and Seattle, while United requests daily flights to Pudong from San Francisco and Newark Airport near New York, as well as flights. between San Francisco and Beijing.

The number of scheduled weekly flights between the two countries dropped from 325 in January to 20, operated by four Chinese airlines, in mid-February, before carriers increased them. to 34 in mid-March.

CAAC in late March said Chinese airlines were able to maintain one passenger flight per week on a route to any country and that airlines could not fly more than the number of flights they took on. March 12, as directed by the United States.

But as US passenger airlines stopped all flights on March 12, CAAC’s announcement "prevented US airlines from restoring scheduled passenger flights to China," the ministry said. American pine said.

CAAC told the US government in a call on May 14 that China was considering eliminating the prerequisites on March 12 but "the restriction of flying one flight per week on a route to China will still be possible. stay the same, "as directed.

Also on May 22, the US Commerce Department added 33 Chinese companies and organizations to the economic blacklist for alleged human rights violations and to address US national security concerns. involving weapons of mass destruction and other military operations.

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