The American company Delta Airlines he returned to Seattle a plane that was flying to Shanghai last week due to the new sanitary restrictions demanded at the airport, a decision criticized by the Chinese authorities.
“To comply with the cleaning conditions at the international airport of Shanghai Pudong (PVG) that were decreed by the Chinese government on December 21, flight 287 from Seattle to Shanghai returned when it was already on its way, “a company spokesman informed AFP on Monday in an email.
“The new cleaning procedures require considerably longer time ashore and are not operationally feasible to Delta“He added without specifying the type of requirements.
According to the Chinese media, several passengers ended up in the United States with tests for the detection of Covid-19 and expired visas, prompting the Chinese consulate in San Francisco to officially complain to Delta.
Airlines around the world have canceled thousands of flights over the past few days due to many pilots and crew members being sick or quarantined from the omicron variant of Covid-19, highly contagious.
Many authorities have also tightened restrictions, particularly the Chinese, with less than 40 days to go before the start of the Beijing Olympics.
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