Overseas Airlines Grapple With Major Challenges In The Chinese Market

Lufthansa aircraft on runway

Lufthansa is suspending its Frankfurt-Beijing flight, on which Airbus A340-300s were scheduled to operate.

Credit: Joepriesaviation.net
While the slow recovery of Chinese international traffic has been one of the major post-pandemic headaches for Asia-Pacific airlines, this trend is also increasingly affecting European carriers as they cut Chinese capacity in the face of competitive pressure and operational constraints. Some of the...
Adrian Schofield

Adrian is a senior air transport editor for Aviation Week, based in New Zealand. He covers commercial aviation in the Asia-Pacific region.

Helen Massy-Beresford

Based in Paris, Helen Massy-Beresford covers European and Middle Eastern airlines, the European Commission’s air transport policy and the air cargo industry for Aviation Week & Space Technology and Aviation Daily.

Christine Boynton

Christine Boynton is a Senior Editor covering air transport in the Americas for Aviation Week Network.

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