Let’s get the tally of those airlines aspiring to fly to China updated. The scorecard is getting pretty full.

First — American. As we had reported earlier in PBB, American applied Monday to fly from O’Hare to Beijing. (Remember, the airline can fly this route without having to obtain a new agreement with the Allied Pilots Association — unlike a nonstop from Dallas Ft.Worth to Beijing).

Continental Airlines also filed their formal application Monday. CAL wants to fly between Newark and Shanghai.

United has filed to fly between San Francisco and Guangzhou starting in 2008, and between Los Angeles and Shanghai in 2009.

US Airways, meanwhile, wants to fly between Philadelphia and Beijing.

But wait — there’s more.

Delta Air Lines wants to fly between Atlanta to Beijing and Shanghai, while Northwest wants to fly between Detroit and Beijing and Shanghai.

Finally, there’s MAXjet. Yep, MAXjet. The privately-held all-business class airline that currently flies trans-atlantic flights, has filed to fly between Seattle and Beijing.

The DOT is now accepting carrier applications for six flights that will be launched in the next two years-one apiece this year and next, and four in 2009.