Under the current bilateral aviation agreement, U.S. carriers are limited to a total of 154 weekly flights to China. American operates 35 weekly flights from the U.S. to China. That includes daily services from D-FW and Chicago to both Beijing and Shanghai, as well as a daily flight from Los Angeles to Shanghai. “Even though American was recently awarded the U.S.-China frequencies and necessary exemption authority from the (DOT) to inaugurate Los Angeles-Beijing service, American cannot serve this route without slots in Beijing,” American wrote. “To date, the (Civil Aviation Administration of China) has refused to provide any slots to allow American to exercise its bilaterally conferred rights.” ...
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