Foreign airlines to resume passenger flights to China

Some major foreign carriers have announced plans to resume flights to China following the temporary suspension of services in February due to the outbreak of Covid-19, which is expected to provide more options for travellers and help foreign carriers increase revenues. Delta will become the first carrier from the US to restart US-China passenger flights. It announced that this week, it will have two flights from Seattle to Shanghai via Seoul － one on Thursday and one on Friday. Return flights will leave from Shanghai on Saturday and Sunday. Starting next week, it will continue operating two flights weekly via Seoul to Shanghai, but one will leave from Seattle and one from Detroit. Plans call for that schedule to continue until Oct 24, Delta said. After discussions between regulators, the US and China have agreed to each allow four weekly flights connecting the two countries, easing a standoff on travel restrictions in the midst of the pandemic. "Currently, there is a serious shortage of international flights that connect Chinese and overseas cities. The relaxed policy has positive significance," said Lin Zhijie, an aviation industry analyst, who is also a columnist at Carnoc.com, one of China's biggest civil aviation websites.<br/>