Delta Air Lines and US Airways – the only major U.S. carriers to operate internationally without China flights – have been granted new China routes by the US Department of Transport. The announcement followed July’s Sino-U.S. agreement to double the number of daily flights between the two countries over the next five years.

Delta will fly between Atlanta and Shanghai, beginning 30 March next year. US Airways will begin a daily service between Philadelphia and Beijing on 25 March 2009. Meanwhile, United will add a daily San Francisco to Guangzhou flight starting 25 March 2008 next.
 
New daily flights by American (Chicago-Beijing), Continental (Newark, New Jersey-Shanghai) and Northwest Airlines (Detroit-Shanghai) will start 25 March 2009. Chicago-based United was the sole applicant for the 2008 award, while the 2009 route saw US Airways, American, Continental and Northwest chosen ahead of United, Delta and MAXjet Airways.
   
The new flights will result in 112 weekly China passenger flights by U.S. carriers from 2009. United will have 42 flights a week; Northwest, 28; American, 14; Continental, 14; Delta, 7; and US Airways, 7. Three Chinese carriers: Air China, China Eastern and China Southern, operate 39 weekly flights between the two countries.

Last update : Friday, 28 September 2007

Keywords : Delta Air Lines, US Airways, China Route, Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou

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