US to revise ban on Chinese airlines after Beijing lifts de facto ban on American carriers

A recently released revised order by US Transportation Department could allow Chinese passenger airlines to continue to operate flights in US. According to reports, revised order comes after Chinese government anunced on June 4 that it would ease coronavirus restrictions and allow more foreign carriers to operate passenger flights in US.

According to reports, before China anunced that it would be easing restrictions, US h threatened to bar Chinese passenger airlines from flying to United States from June 16 onwards due to Beijing's restrictions on operational capacity of US airlines in country.

According to reports, on June 3, US Transportation Department stated Chinese carriers could operate  same number of scheduled passenger flights as  Chinese government allows irs.

Chinese passenger carriers h continued flight operations from mainland to US throughout pandemic while American carriers h voluntarily decided to suspend flights. Delta Air Lines (DAL.N) and United Airlines (UAL.O) have requested to restart flight operations from this month.

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China allows US flights

China on June 4 reportedly said that it will allow foreign airlines that are currently blocked from operating over COVID-19 concerns to resume limited flights. While Washington ordered suspension of all flights by Chinese airlines, Beijing lifted de facto ban on US carries. move by China’s civil aviation authority comes after US retaliated against Beijing’s restriction on American and foreign carriers.

move also ds to soaring friction between Beijing and Washington, two largest ecomies, amid dely coronavirus pandemic and also in wake of a two-year tre war that has t been fully resolved. latest spat between two countries is rooted partly on Civil Aviation Authority of China (CAAC) deciding to impose a limit for foreign airlines based on ir activity as of March 12.

(Representative Im)

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