US, China give green light to double weekly flights in rare show of cooperation

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The Biden administration has announced a rare instance of cooperation between the world’s two largest economies, stating that the US and China will approve twice the number of passenger flights currently permitted for air carriers to fly between the two nations. The US Transportation Department (USDOT) said it would will increase the number of Chinese passenger flights allowed to fly to the US to 18 weekly round-trips on 1 September and increase that to 24 per week starting 29 October, up from the current 12. It said the Chinese government will agree to the same increase for American carriers, confirming...