Saturday, January 22, 2022

US suspends flights by China carriers after Beijing COVID move | Al Jazeera

The government in the United States has said it will suspend 44 China-bound flights from the US by four Chinese carriers in response to the Chinese government’s decision to suspend some US airlines’ flights over concerns about COVID-19.



The suspensions will begin on January 30 with Xiamen Airlines’ scheduled Los Angeles-to-Xiamen flight and continue until March 29, the Department of Transportation said.

The decision will cut some flights by Xiamen, Air China, China Southern Airlines and China Eastern Airlines.

Chinese authorities have suspended 20 United Airlines, 10 American Airlines and 14 Delta Air Lines flights since December 31, after some passengers tested positive for COVID-19. As recently as Tuesday, the Department of Transportation said the Chinese government had announced new US flight cancellations.

Liu Pengyu, a spokesman for the Chinese embassy in Washington, said on Friday the policy for international passenger flights entering China had “been applied equally to Chinese and foreign airlines in a fair, open and transparent way”.

He called the US move “very unreasonable” and added, “We urge the US side to stop disrupting and restricting the normal passenger flights” by Chinese airlines.

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