China Pushes Charter Flights For Winter Olympics As Omicron Arrives

Air China
Air China crew wearing protective suits as they walk through LAX in early December.
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In line with its zero-COVID policy, China is encouraging participants traveling to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics to take charter flights organized for them via 15 cities, including Hong Kong, Paris, Singapore, and Tokyo. According to Zhang Liang, director of the arrivals and departures center for...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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