The U.S. Is Failing Americans By Protecting Delta And United Airlines In China Flight Ban Dispute

The U.S. Is Failing Americans By Protecting Delta And United Airlines In China Flight Ban Dispute

Now the U.S. airlines want to block expansion from Chinese carriers.. At issue is China's response to coronavirus by limiting all airlines - U.S. and Chinese - to one weekly international flight.. Delta and United each want to fly multiple daily flights this summer, as do Chinese airlines.. Rather than allow every airline to fly one weekly service, creating multiple flights from all airlines, the U.S. instead is requiring some Chinese airlines to cancel flights.. China should allow U.S. airlines "to exercise the full extent of their bilateral right," the U.S. has consistently argued.. Four Chinese airlines currently have passenger flights to the U.S.. The U.S. now raises this disparity in number of airlines, but it seems too late after the U.S. proposed to ban all Chinese airline passenger flights.. Well before coronavirus, there were more U.S.-China flights from Chinese airlines than U.S. carriers, which preferred the more profitable domestic and European markets.. If American does not want to fly to China, consumers should not be penalized by the U.S. government forcing cuts from Chinese airlines that are willing and able to fly..