Originally Posted by uanj

That's not what I was saying, airlines from China fly 50% of the total flights between China and US while US airlines fly the other 50%. Irrespective of the total number of flights, could 10, could be 100. This is the essence of the base air services agreement. Each country's aviation authorities decides how to divvy up their 50%, and they both have their own fairly complex guidelines on giving out route authorities.

When you refer to the US side, to be clear, it is not a government issue holding up increasing flights but certain US airlines who choose not to increase service to China at this moment. For many reasons, all of them self serving, which is to be expected from a private company.

At least prices are more reasonable now.