Who wants to go to China?
We do, we do! Please. Please! PLEASE.
Today the DOT, in a rather timely fashion for a change, announced which airlines are the latest to have been given new rights to fly between the U.S. and China.
All six of the legacy carriers scored new service.
Delta Air Lines notched its first China route as it was given permission to fly Atlanta-Shanghai on a daily non-stop basis.
Almost simultaneously with the announcement, Delta said ti will begin flying the route March 30.
United Airlines has been granted the authority to begin daily non-stop service between its San Francisco hub and Guangzhou. This will mark the first non-stop flight between that city and the U.S. by a U.S. carrier.
US Airways was successful with its bid to fly its daily non-stop service between Philly and Beijing (the first China route for them); Continental got the nod for daily non-stop service between Newark and Shanghai; Northwest received the okay for non-stop daily service between Detroit and Shanghai and American was given the okay for daily non-stop service between Chicago and Beijing.
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