Originally Posted by narvik

So, the Bloomberg article where United was pessimistic about adding flights has disappeared.

Now there's this coming out (behind a paywall, sadly):
https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Tra...ce=syndication

"HONG KONG -- United Airlines is "cautiously optimistic" about the outcome of U.S.-China negotiations on increasing the frequency of direct flights between the two countries. Walter Dias, sales director for greater China, Korea and Southeast Asia at United, told Nikkei Asia on Tuesday that the…"

Originally Posted by moondog

It really all boils down to them satisfying the DOT, AA, and DL. The idea of the DOT renegotiating the bilateral itself is silly IMO.