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Because there is business. Overseas Chinese, especially those Chinese students may have urgent need to return to China, but flights between US and China are extremely constrained. A $6000 one-way Y from US to China is very common. Chinese airlines can do this business, but US airlines cannot. So here is the dispute.
This business has been going on ever since the virus broke out.
US airlines chose not to participate in earlier months.
Per DOT communication, the issue is not only that US airlines can't fly to China now, but that US airlines can't fly whatever frequency and to whatever destinations they want.