United Airlines Wants Back Into China But Regulatory Hurdles Remain
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No, there's not some giant recovery taking place. Global airline are still in severe trouble. But United Airlines is betting it can make some money in China — if only the government lets it back in.
United Airlines wants to resume passengers flights to China as soon as next month but is waiting on governments in Beijing and Washington, D.C. to allow it, an executive told employees Thursday during a virtual town hall meeting.
In early February, United suspended flights to its four China destinations — Shanghai, Chengdu, Beijing and Hong Kong — just before the Trump Administration banned many foreign nationals from visiting the United States, if they recently had visited China. Since then, th
