China’s Capital Airlines takes first A330-300(P2F) freighter
Air aviation news – The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has indicated that it will not extend a pre-existing joint coordination agreement between Qantas (QF, Sydney Kingsford Smith) and China Eastern Airlines (MU, Shanghai Hongqiao), saying in a September 15 draft determination that the venture’s benefits do not outweigh its competitive threats.
The ACCC authorised the alliance for five years in 2015, which allowed the two airlines to cooperate and coordinate their operations on the Australia – China country pair across a range of areas, including but not limited to schedules, frequencies and connection times; expanding connecting services and destinations; developing new fare products and promotions; and allowing reciprocal inventory access and provision of information to agents. In 2021, due to the exceptional circumstances created by Covid-19, the ACCC okayed the agreement continuing for a shorter period, albeit with conditions.
This year, the agreement came up for review again. In March, the ACCC granted the two airlines interim authorisation to continue the alliance while considering their case. Eight passenger airlines are back flying the country pair after…
US further relaxes cap on Chinese carriers
16.08.2023 – 03:58 UTCFrom September, seven major Chinese carriers may up the number of their weekly roundtrips to the United States with a further increase allowed from end-October 2023, according to a regulatory filing by the US Department of Transportation (DOT).
Air China, China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Xiamen Airlines, Capital Airlines (China), Sichuan Airlines, and Hainan Airlines will be allowed to operate, in the aggregate, up to 18 weekly roundtrip scheduled passenger flights to/from the US from September 1, increasing to 24 from October 29.
This marks a further relaxation of bilateral air service relations between the US and China after the US suspended all scheduled commercial Chinese passenger flights on June 16, 2020, in response to that country’s unilateral ban on March 26, 2020, on all US airlines because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Since December 30, 2022, both parties adjusted the bans through incremental flight increases. From January 8, the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) permitted all US airlines to resume from March 26, 2023, the same number…
