Air China has submitted a request to temporarily increase its air connections to the United States. The airline has added a flight from Beijing Capital to New York JFK on 19 September, operated by a Boeing 777-300ER under flight number CA621.
A second Beijing – Washington Dulles rotation is scheduled to follow on 25 September. These flights are in addition to Air China’s regular service to New York. They have been presented as linked to high-level meetings in the United States.
The request has also reignited the debate over access to Russian airspace. US airlines have been unable to use it since 2022. Chinese carriers therefore retain an operational advantage on certain long-haul air connections to North America.









