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Western airlines slash flights to China

Summary by Financial Times
Western airlines are slashing flights to China as a combination of low demand and the high cost of flying around Russian airspace saps their ability to...

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Western airlines are curtailing flights to China, which have become financially costly for them due to the ban on flying over Russian airspace. On the other hand, Chinese carriers benefit from this, as they can use the shorter route via Russia in the direction of Europe and the USA.

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The number of flights of international carriers from Europe and North America to China this summer is down more than 60% from 2018

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Western airlines increase the number of flights to China due to low demand and high costs for circumventing the Russian airspace, which reduces their competitiveness in terms of comparison with domestic carriers by means. This month, British Airways announced that it would suspend flights between London and Beijing from October, all within a few weeks after the British airline Virgin Atlantic decided to close its only Chinese route to Shanghai Y…

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Financial Times broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Monday, August 19, 2024.
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