China eases flight curbs after US order targeting Chinese carriers
04 June, 2020
China said on Thursday (Jun 4) it'll allow more foreign carriers to fly into the mainland, soon after Washington barred Chinese passenger carriers from flying to america citing Beijing's restrictions on American airlines.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said in a statement that qualifying foreign carriers currently barred from operating flights to mainland China will be allowed once-per-week flights right into a city of their choosing starting on Jun 8.
Hong Kong and Macau, though part of China, have their own aviation authorities and set their own rules.
US President Donald Trump's administration has barred Chinese passenger carriers from flying into America starting Jun 16 as it pressures Beijing to let US airlines to resume flights to the united states.
The CAAC in late March said Chinese airlines could maintain just one single weekly passenger flight using one path to any given country and that carriers could fly only the quantity of flights these were flying on Mar 12.
But because U.S. passenger airlines had stopped all flights by Mar 12, they have already been struggling to resume flights to China.
The CAAC also said all airlines will be permitted to raise the number of international flights involving China to two weekly if no incoming passengers on their flights test positive for COVID-19 for 3 consecutive weeks.
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