The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- United States (U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary; U.S.-China air service)
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- 49 U.S.C. § 41310(c); 14 C.F.R. § 213.3
- Issued
- 2020-06-15 June 15, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-06-15 ("effective immediately") (read as 2020-06-15)
- End
- frequencies adjusted by later orders (2020-2021) (read as 2021-03-31)
- In force
- June 15, 2020 to Mar. 31, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Travel and quarantineOther
- Addressees
- the seven Chinese carriers; U.S. carriers (served)
- Functions reached
- Collection
- Aviation and surface-transport regulators AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE
Operative words
"ACCORDINGLY, 1. We modify Order 2020-6-1 to permit, in the aggregate, four weekly round-trip scheduled passenger operations to be operated by the Chinese carriers currently operating scheduled combination service to the United States in accordance with the schedules filed pursuant to Order 2020-5-4; 2. This order is effective immediately; 3. We may amend, modify, or revoke this Order at any time and without hearing...." Recital: "the Department issued Order 2020-6-1 to suspend all [scheduled passenger flights by Chinese carriers].... The Department fully set forth the basis for its conclusions in Order 2020-6-1, and before that in Order 2020-5-4."
Enforcement
49 U.S.C. §§ 41310, 46301; 14 C.F.R. part 213
Notes
Fixed U.S.-China scheduled passenger capacity at four weekly round trips per side in mid-2020 (against more than 300 weekly flights before COVID-19).