Mary Peters, the U.S. secretary of transporation, was in China this week to talk about loosening the limits on air service to one of the world's fastest-growing economies. Here's a link to the AP story from Beijing. The story doesn't include the name of US Airways, which as you may have read here, intends to apply for the right to fly nonstop between Philadelphia and Shanghai, starting next year. Today's development means the odds of US Airways getting a China route may have grown a little. But don't make plans just yet. American, Continental and Delta also would love to go nonstop from one of their hubs to China.
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Opening air service to China
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How about opening up some air ways to Cuba, has their been any talk about that? Even maybe a conversation?
TOM COMMENTS: There probably won't be regular airline service to Cuba until the U.S. renews some sort of more normal diplomatic relations -- meaning post-Castro. We will go into more detail later today or tomorrow.
Posted by Kimberly Lucas | April 14, 2007 1:13 PM
Posted on April 14, 2007 13:13