American Airlines is returning to China for the first time in three years as the Asian country eases COVID-19 restrictions.
American Airlines plans to start flying to Shanghai twice a week starting March 26 and increase to daily flights on Oct. 29. Meanwhile, American is pushing back the restart of flights from DFW to Beijing’s new Daxing International Airport until October.
American’s flights from DFW to Shanghai will be on Mondays and Thursdays with return flights the same day.U.S. airlines, including Delta and United, have put flights back on the schedule to China after the country, one of the strictest in handling the COVID-19 pandemic, eased rules requiring visitors to quarantine on Jan. 8.
Starting in March, Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines will start flying to Beijing Daxing and Shanghai from both Detroit and Seattle. During the same month, Chicago-based United will start flying from five cities in the U.S. to as many as three destinations in China, including Shanghai, Beijing and Chengdu.
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