Current Passenger Flights Operating
In 2006, there were 10 non-stop flights between the two countries 2 million passenger trips per year.
Three U.S. carriers and three Chinese carriers operate flights between the two countries under the air agreement (not including Hong Kong). United Airlines flies nonstop between Beijing and San Francisco, Chicago, Newark, and Washington as well as nonstop Shanghai service from San Francisco, Chicago, Newark, and Los Angeles. Delta Air Lines flies between Beijing, Shanghai, and Tokyo with either connections or the same flight numbers continuing to the United States, as well as non-stop flights between Detroit and Shanghai and Beijing. American Airlines flies between Shanghai and Chicago. Delta flies nonstop between Beijing and Seattle. American Airlines flies between Beijing and Chicago. American flies between Shanghai and Los Angeles. Following a 1987 directive, six Chinese airlines were formed in 1988 when CAAC, the Chinese airline and government regulatory agency for aviation was split and reorganized. Air China flies non-stop Beijing flights to San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York. China Eastern flies non-stop Shanghai flights to Los Angeles, New York, and Honolulu. China Southern flies non-stop flights between Guangzhou and Los Angeles. China Southern began service to the United States in August 1997. Hainan flies nonstop from Beijing to Seattle.
The airlines flying China-United States cooperate in airline alliance and codesharing. The first marketing alliance between airlines of the two countries began on April 26, 1996 between Northwest Airlines and Air China which has since been discontinued. Star Alliance include Continental Airlines, United Airlines, and Air China, which signed agreement to join in May, 2006. Northwest, and Delta are members of Skyteam. China Southern joined in August 2004. American is a member of oneworld. China Eastern codeshares with several oneworld airlines and has expressed an interest in joining. On June 21, 2011, China Eastern officially joined SkyTeam. Participating in airline alliances and codesharing is intended to increase passenger traffic on the airline by allowing reciprocal frequent flyer program benefits and increasing the number of flights that an airline offers, even if some of the flights are clearly operated by another airline.
Starting in late 2007, Mesa Air Group, who operates smaller regional jets in the United States plans to begin operating a joint venture with Shenzhen Airlines. The new joint venture would operate a Beijing based airline flying domestic Chinese routes. The domestic flights are not governed by the air agreement between China and the United States.
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