Last week, the US Government proposed a ban on Chinese airlines that fly over Russia on their routes to and from America . The Trump administration argued that US carriers, which cannot currently use Russian airspace due to reciprocal sanctions due to the latter's ongoing military action in Ukraine, are at a disadvantage on these routes. After all, they have to fly further, resulting in higher operating costs.

As such, given the " substantial adverse competitive effects on US air carriers " that the United States Department of Transportation says airlines are facing, the Trump administration has suggested banning those that overfly Russia to America. Given the interesting nature of these developments, it is worth examining which Chinese airlines currently fly to the US , the route

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