The Trump administration on June 3 barred Chinese guest carriers from flying to the U.S. starting on June 16 as it pressures Beijing to let U.S. air providers resume flights amidst simmering tensions between the world’s two biggest economies.
The relocation penalises China for stopping working to adhere to an existing agreement on flights between the 2 nations.
U.S.-Chinese relations have soured in current months amid tensions surrounding the coronavirus pandemic and Beijing’s transfer to enforce new nationwide security legislation for Hong Kong.
The order uses to Air China, China Eastern Airlines Corp, China Southern Airlines Co and Hainan Airlines Holding Co, as well as smaller Sichuan Airlines Co and Xiamen Airlines Co. Chinese providers are presently flying four round-trip flights to the United States weekly.
Delta Air Lines and United Airlines have asked to resume flights to China this month, even as Chinese carriers have actually continued U.S. flights during the pandemic.
Delta said in a statement on Wednesday that “we support a