CHICAGO/SHANGHAI: The United States’ three largest airlines said they are in the process of amending their systems to address Chinese requests over how they…
CHICAGO/SHANGHAI: The United States’ three largest airlines said they are in the process of amending their systems to address Chinese requests over how they refer to Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, after Chinese state media reported that they had yet to complete revisions in time for a Thursday (Aug 9) deadline.
The Global Times newspaper on Thursday singled out Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, American Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines in a report which said that the companies had yet to meet requirements set by China’s aviation regulator.
China has demanded that foreign firms, and airlines in particular, do not refer to self-ruled Taiwan as a non-Chinese territory on their websites, a demand the White House slammed in May as « Orwellian nonsense. »
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), which has been pushing airlines to make the change, had originally set a deadline for July 25. However, it said last month that the four U. S. airlines had asked for another extension as it perceived their amendments as « incomplete ».
It was unclear what the exact deadline was in view of the time difference between the United States and China or what additional amendments the U.
