China Eases Flight Curbs After US Targets Its Carriers

China Eases Flight Curbs After US Targets Its Carriers
Passengers wearing protective masks sit as they wait for their flights at Tianhe Airport in Wuhan, in Chinas central Hubei province, on May 29, 2020. Hector Retamal /AFP via Getty Images
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BEIJING—China will ease CCP virus restrictions to allow more foreign carriers to fly to the mainland, shortly after Washington vowed to bar Chinese airlines from flying to the United States due to Beijing’s curbs on U.S. airlines.

Qualifying foreign carriers, about 95 of them currently barred from operating flights to China, will be allowed once-a-week flights into a city of their choosing starting on June 8, the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said on Thursday.