The United States announced that it will suspend regular China Airlines passenger flights

June 4, Beijing time early this morning, the US Department of Transportation. USA It issued an order on June 3, announcing that all regular Chinese and American passenger flights operated by Chinese airlines will be suspended starting this 16th of this month, with Air China, Capital Airlines, Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Hainan Airlines, Xiamen Airlines and many other airlines.

The previous order states that the US Department of Transportation. USA It will suspend all scheduled flights by Chinese airlines to and from the United States due to "China's inability to allow US carriers to provide scheduled passenger air services to and from China and the inability to exercise the full content of the bilateral rights " The order will take effect on June 16.

Incident development: United States plans to resume flights to China

According to public reports, on May 22, the US government. USA He accused China of preventing US airlines from resuming flights to China and demanded that China's top four airlines submit flight plans to the US government. USA

The so-called Chinese side of the US Department of Transportation. USA It has not allowed US airlines to operate passenger routes to and from China, referring to the "five-one" policy implemented by the China Civil Aviation Administration since March 29 (at most once a week). The relevant person in charge of the Transportation Department of the Civil Aviation Administration previously publicly revealed that the "five-one" policy is primarily to resolutely curb the high risk of the epidemic.

Currently, there is no more than one scheduled flight from Chinese airlines to the United States each week, but multiple charter flights also fly to help Chinese students return home.

On May 25, Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said at a regular press conference that China has taken note of the fact that the relevant departments of the US government. USA They have asked Chinese airlines to provide flight plans, and China opposes the US approach. USA On passenger flights operated by Chinese airlines. Any possible interference or limitation.

Earlier on January 31, the United States government banned non-US citizens who had visited China in the past 14 days, but no restrictions were imposed on Chinese flights. In February, the major US airlines decided to voluntarily suspend all Chinese passenger flights.

The US Department of Transportation. USA He stated that because the US passenger airlines. USA All flights had landed before March 12, the notice from the China Civil Aviation Administration "actually prevented US airlines from resuming scheduled passenger flights in China."

In May of this year, US airlines began planning to resume regular passenger services to and from China. United and Delta Air Lines have announced their intention to resume scheduled passenger services on various routes in early June, and have requested Chinese Civil Aviation.

According to a document previously issued by the US Department of Transportation. In a conference call on May 14, the US Department of Transportation. USA It raised the issue of American Airlines' inability to resume scheduled passenger services and exercise all of its bilateral rights. The notice stipulates restrictions for US airlines that are inconsistent with the relevant Sino-US agreements.

In response, the Chinese Civil Aviation Administration informed the US Department of Transportation. USA That China is considering canceling the prerequisites for the March 12 schedule, but the restriction that a route to China will only operate once a week will remain.

Changes in the market: affecting three popular routes of the three main airlines

How has the Sino-US route market changed this incident?

According to June flight plans previously released by Chinese airlines, the order will affect Beijing-Los Angeles routes operated by Air China, Guangzhou-Los Angeles routes operated by China Southern Airlines, and Shanghai-New York routes operated by China Eastern. Airlines.

Fei Changzhun has just released data saying that during the same period last year (June 2019), that is, under normal circumstances, the top three airlines in the United States (United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, American Airlines) and the top three China airlines (Air China, China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines) Statistical analysis of destinations for international outbound flights from the United States / Mainland China Compared to US airlines, China Airlines, especially Air China, is relatively dependent on Sino-US routes in the international airline market.

Furthermore, looking at the flight capabilities of the top three American airlines flying from the United States to mainland China and the top three Chinese airlines flying from China to the United States, it can be seen that the top three airlines in China have nearly 30% more capacity than the top three airlines.