Ahead Of Winter Olympics, US May Lose All Flights To China

Winter Olympics to start February 4

EKO HOT BLOG reports that as the winter Olympics in Beijing, China draws near, the US may lose all their flights to China, as China tries keep Corona virus out of the games.

The Beijing Winter Games open on February 4, and participants are mostly taking special flights restricted to people with Olympics credentials as part of a strict bubble that authorities are implementing around the event.

According to CNN Business research of government announcements and published flight schedules, starting from January 19 and continuing for at least two weeks, all flights from the United States to China have either been canceled or are likely to be suspended because of Chinese aviation regulations.

EKO HOT BLOG reports investigations, reveals that from December 24 to January 12, more than a third of the 9,356 international flights scheduled to depart for China, were canceled, according to data from Umetrip, an app developed by Chinese state-owned aviation industry IT provider TravelSky.

China ordered the cancellations after some passengers tested positive for COVID-19 on flights that arrived in China in late December, according to industry officials.

American Airlines said Tuesday that six of its flights from Dallas-Fort Worth to Shanghai in late January and early February have been canceled. United Airlines said it was forced to cancel six flights from San Francisco to Shanghai later this month. Delta Air Lines said it canceled one flight last week and another this Friday to Shanghai.

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