The United States and China have banned each other’s airlines from entering their airspaces as diplomatic tensions spill into the sky.
The Transportation Department said that China was violating a 1980 agreement between the two countries covering flights by each other’s airlines. The department said it would continue talking with Chinese officials to settle the dispute.
The four airlines affected by the order are Air China, China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines and Xiamen Airlines. United and Delta announced last month that they hoped to resume flights to China in June, as air travel has begun to recover recently. United Airlines spokesman Frank Benenati said, “We look forward to resuming passenger service between the United States and China when the regulatory environment allows us to do so.”Messages to a spokesperson in China’s embassy in Washington were not immediately returned, and efforts to reach the person by phone were unsuccessful.
“This case can be resolved if cooler heads prevail … and there is a genuine desire to restore air links,” he said.
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