News / Cargo cheers as Canada lifts restrictions on China flights

The North American wall against further encroachment by Chinese airlines is becoming porous: the Canadian government has decided to withdraw flight restrictions on China.

In response to the pandemic, in 2021 the authorities limited the number of flights operated by Chinese carriers to Canada to two scheduled round-trip passenger flights a week, raised the following year to six. These orders also prohibited non-stop flights.

Now Ottawa has rescinded the order, opening the way for Chinese, and Canadian, ...