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American airlines the White House and Congress of foreign airlines Russia weather from the location USAThey are calling to ban the flight.
About it New York Times citing their sources news gives
American airlines complain that they are at a disadvantage compared to their Asian rivals because they cannot fly the shortest routes to Asia – via the Arctic Ocean and Russia.
So, because of the intervention in Ukraine USAof Russia after its bans on air carriers Russia own in return weather location USA connected to their planes.
For this reason, American airlines have to extend their routes and reduce payloads. Unlike them, other foreign companies spend less time on the flight, which causes the price difference.
USA Weather Ways lobby group believes that American companies in a year about 2 billion dollars they lost. For this reason, the group calls on the US authorities to create a level playing field for competition between American and foreign air carriers.
New York Times He writes that the Department of Transportation has prepared a draft order prohibiting Chinese airlines from using Russian airspace during flights to the United States.
According to the newspaper, Biden administration fears that taking the same step with the Indian airline could lead to undesirable consequences with Delhi.
Chairman of the Senate Foreign Policy Committee, Bob Menendez and Jim Risch, who are favorable to such a ban proposal, note in their letter to the Department of State and Transportation that during flights over the territory of Russia, airplanes must be used for emergency or emergency purposes. mandatory they may end up in a situation where they have to land.
According to the senators, in such cases, American citizens on the plane can become the object of attention of the Russian authorities.
Proponents of the ban also point out that Russia is at war, which could pose a threat to flights over its territory.