US and China regulators reopen some air routes, letting some carriers to fly again as they back off from aviation standoff

Aviation regulators of the United States and China have stepped back from their stand-off to allow each other’s airlines to add flights in the lucrative US-China route, giving stranded carriers the fighting chance to survive the worst slump in the global travel industry.Delta Air Lines and United Airlines Holdings, the two largest US carriers by market capitalisation, were each allowed to mount two weekly services to China, as the Civil Aviation Authority of China (CAAC) gave in to US lobbying,…

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