The Senate Foreign Relations Committee wrote a letter urging the Biden administration to block Chinese airlines and other non-American carriers from flying over Russia on U.S. routes to put an end to a "funding source to the Russian government.”
As reported by Skift, the letter also called on the administration to ensure no commercial airline overflying Russian territory arrives or departs from a U.S. airport as well as to “strongly and publicly discourage U.S. persons, citizens, and permanent residents from traveling on flights over Russian territory.”
Airlines for America, which represents major U.S. carriers, praised the letter that “underscores our industry’s long-standing concerns regarding Russian overflights, which have put U.S. airlines — passenger and cargo — at a direct competitive disadvantage” as they obey the flight embargo implemented in response to the invasion of Ukraine.
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