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Old Feb 13, 2024 | 10:18 pm
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Originally Posted by artvandalay
China, including Hong Kong, is no longer an attractive destination for American tourists nor business.
Indeed, there was once a big push to restore China flights from the east coast and ORD, and add more flights from SFO, but demand is no longer there, so if anything the current capacity may be reduced. What I am trying to reconcile is with the bottom dropping out of China demand, why are Asia fares still so elevated?
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