Chinese civil aviation authorities plan to extend until June 30 their curbs on international flights, the US embassy in Beijing said in a travel advisory on Friday. Beijing has drastically cut such flights since March to restrain the spread of the coronavirus amid concerns over infections brought by arriving passengers.

The ‘Five One’ policy allows mainland carriers to fly just one flight a week on one route to any country and foreign airlines to operate just one flight a week to China.

Last week, the US accused Beijing of making it impossible for US airlines to resume service to China. The US Transportation Department said in an order published on a US government website that Delta Air Lines and United Airlines want to resume flights to China in June.

US airlines are not flying to China because they suspended services before the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) adopted the flight curbs. A CAAC news department official told Reuters there is no change to the existing rules.

Source: RT