All flights by Chinese airlines suspended in the USA from 16th June

Today, the United States of America has ordered the suspension of all flights by Chinese airlines in and out of the country. This decision comes after Beijing, the capital of China failed to allow American carriers to resume their services in the country. It comes to effect from 16th June 2020.

US Transportation Department (DoT) said, “US carriers have asked to resume passenger service, beginning June 1st. The Chinese government’s failure to approve their requests is a violation of our Air Transport Agreement.”

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According to DoT, US air carriers suspended their service to China due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic. United and Delta submitted the applications for the recommencement of services at the beginning of May. However, they are unable to get authorization from the Civil Aviation Authority of China (CAAC).

The DoT order says, “The ‘arbitrary ‘baseline’ date… effectively precludes US carriers from reinstating scheduled passenger flights to and from China.”

“Our overriding goal is not the perpetuation of this situation, but rather an improved environment wherein the carriers of both parties will be able to exercise fully their bilateral rights,” DoT said in the order.

Before the Coronavirus outbreak, the US and Chinese carriers operated 325 flights every week between the countries.