China and the United States will each allow air carriers to double current flights to eight per week between the world's two largest economies, the U.
WASHINGTON: China and the United States will each allow air carriers to double current flights to eight per week between the world's two largest economies, the US Transportation Department said on Tuesday .
United Airlines said on Tuesday it will increase flights to China to four flights per week from San Francisco to Shanghai starting Sep 4, while the department said Delta Air Lines was also eligible to go from two-times weekly to four-times weekly. The US government still hopes China will agree to restore full US flight rights under their bilateral aviation agreement, the Transportation Department has said, adding as China allows additional flights it will respond in kind.The US-China agreement allows both countries to operate more than 100 weekly flights between the two nations.
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