Reuters
• David Shepardson
American, Delta and United are backing Airlines for America’s opposition to two additional Air China services linking China with New York and Washington. The group wants the flights associated with President Xi Jinping’s visit treated as charters rather than scheduled frequencies, citing competitive and pricing effects from access to Russian airspace.
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