It is said that there is an unfair competition in the U.S. airlines without increasing

(Bloomberg, Washington) China has been closed for three years during the crown disease epidemic, but it is finally open now, but US airlines have not scrambled to restart the route between China and the United States.

Before the outbreak of the epidemic in 2019, the average direct flights between China and the United States to and from the two countries were 340 times a week, and now there are only 24 times a week.

The people familiar with the matter revealed that the largest US airlines, including the United States, Daimei and United Airlines, have stated that the number of flights during the epidemic period is not because they are expectedThe dispute caused by flying over Russia's airspace made these companies unwilling to increase flights.

After the outbreak of the Russian and Ukraine War, about 30 countries including the United States banned passenger planes from flying over Russia, but China was not limited by this.

American airlines feel that Chinese competitors use Russian airspace, which can not only have an advantage in fuel costs and fares, but also shorter flight time. Therefore, before Chinese flights were banned from flying over Russia, American airlines were reluctantIncrease the flying of the flying Chinese.

Some airlines, such as French Airlines, even require the government to restrict the entry of Chinese flights and believe that Chinese flights can fly over Russia and enjoy unfair advantages.

The three major aviation giants: bypassed Russian airspace to lose 2 billion US dollars per year

The US Airlines Association is pushing the Biden government to prevent Chinese airlines from using Russian airspace.The three major US aviation giants say that the bypassing routes leading the Russian airspace will cause 3 billion US dollars (about S $ 3.35 billion) each year. This is because long -distance flights must bring thousands of gallon fuels, forcing the airline to occupy dozens of tensPassenger seats and reduce cargo capacity.

Johnson, CEO of China Strategy Group, Political and Financial Risk Consulting Company, believes that China agrees to ban the use of "possibilities for the use of Russian airspace".

U.S. CEO Issom hopes to solve the problem through diplomatic channels.He said: "The unfair competitive environment should not exist. Before truly solving this problem, the company will not increase flight flights."