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Order 2020-6-1, Notification and Order Disapproving Schedules, Docket DOT-OST-2020-0052 (June 3, 2020)

In the matter of Air China; Beijing Capital Airlines; China Eastern; China Southern; Hainan Airlines; Sichuan Airlines; and Xiamen Airlines: Notification and Order Disapproving Schedules (suspension of Chinese carriers' scheduled passenger flights to the United States in response to China's COVID-19 flight restrictions)

U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary · United States (U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary; U.S.-China scheduled passenger air service) (Federal)

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The record

Jurisdiction
United States (U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary; U.S.-China scheduled passenger air service)
Level
Federal
Authority
49 U.S.C. § 41310(c) and 14 C.F.R. § 213.3 (Department may disapprove foreign carrier schedules where the foreign government restricts U.S. carriers); Order 2020-5-4 (May 22, 2020) requiring schedule filings
Issued
2020-06-03 June 3, 2020
Effective
2020-06-16 (or immediately upon Presidential approval) (read as 2020-06-16)
End
modified by Order 2020-6-6 (June 15, 2020, Ex. 065) to permit four weekly round trips; later orders adjusted frequencies through 2020-2021
In force
June 16, 2020 (no end date recorded; counted as in force for 120 days)
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q3
Limitation types
Travel and quarantineOther
Addressees
  • Air China, Beijing Capital, China Eastern, China Southern, Hainan, Sichuan and Xiamen Airlines
  • all certificated U.S. carriers operating large aircraft (served)
Functions reached
  • TR U.S.-China passenger travel (business travel, students, tourism)
  • SC belly cargo capacity on the trans-Pacific lane
  • CB importers, exporters and travel-dependent employers trading with China
Collection
Aviation and surface-transport regulators AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE

Operative words

"ACCORDINGLY, 1. We disapprove all of the existing schedules for combination services filed by Air China Limited d/b/a Air China; China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited; China Southern Airlines Company Limited; and Xiamen Airlines pursuant to Order 2020-5-4; 2. The disapproval specified in Ordering Paragraph 1 shall be effective on June 16, 2020, or otherwise immediately upon affirmative approval by the President of the United States; 3. We may amend, modify, or revoke this Order at any time and without hearing...."

Enforcement

49 U.S.C. §§ 41310, 46301; 14 C.F.R. part 213 (operation without approved schedules prohibited)

Notes

A federal order limiting travel and commerce with China, issued because China's own COVID-19 aviation restrictions (the CAAC 'Five One' policy) barred U.S. carriers from resuming service; the ecosystem instrument for the trans-Pacific supply chain (ECO-A).

Retrieval note

Order 2020-5-4 (May 22, 2020) not separately saved.

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