BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s aviation regulator said on Friday that it would suspend two American Airlines flights from Dallas to Shanghai from Jan. 24 after seven passengers tested positive for COVID-19 on a recent flight.
It will also suspend two Delta Air flights from Detroit to Shanghai from Jan. 24 after nine passengers tested positive, the Civil Aviation Administration of China said in a statement on its website.
China’s aviation regulator has in recent weeks ordered the cancellation of around 70 scheduled flights from the United States.
(Reporting by Beijing newsroom; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)
