United Airlines (UA) has filed a request with the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish a new international flight route connecting Los Angeles (LAX) and Beijing (PEK), China.
Beijing
Airbus agreed on Thursday to build a second assembly line at its Chinese factory and received approval from Beijing to proceed with 160 previously announced plane orders.
In a signal that Chinese President XI Jinping could be prepared to loosen the country’s vice-like grip on controlling the COVID-19 pandemic and maintaining its ‘dynamic zero’ policy, Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways is set to become the first international airline to resume direct flights with Beijing since the beginning of the pandemic.