Flights near record low as China remains shut off from the world

Flights near record low as China remains shut off from the world
Flight bans have affected several Chinese airlines. (Image: Getty)
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China remains almost completely isolated from the rest of the world as it adheres to its strict Covid Zero policy, with flights in and out of Asia’s biggest economy even fewer than when the first cases of the virus were discovered in Wuhan in early 2020. As air travel elsewhere springs back, data from flight information provider VariFlight shows little improvement in China’s international air travel options, with about 100 flights a day compared with more than 2,600 before 2020. Scheduled flights dropped off even further after...

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