THE us and China are having talks about changes to new aircraft-cleaning requirements that prompted a Delta Air Lines Inc flight to turn back to Seattle that could upend air travel into the nation, reports London's Air Cargo News.
China's new Covid crisis sanitation mandates extend the time planes are on the ground and copy steps US airlines already take to clean between flights.
There also is a shortage of available workers to carry out the added steps.
The new requirements are part of the changes that countries and industries are making to try to slow the spread of the new omicron variant.
China is committed to a zero-tolerance policy toward Covid, utilizing border curbs and stringent restrictions to try and keep out all cases of the virus.
Attention has increased with the detection of the new variant, with the Beijing Winter Olympics set to start in early February.
Hong Kong is mandating a three-day hotel quarantine for air-cargo crews to intercept transmission.
The US is seeking changes to the new Chinese cleaning mandates since stringent disinfecting procedures are already performed between flights by carriers globally.
SeaNews Turkey
China's new Covid crisis sanitation mandates extend the time planes are on the ground and copy steps US airlines already take to clean between flights.
There also is a shortage of available workers to carry out the added steps.
The new requirements are part of the changes that countries and industries are making to try to slow the spread of the new omicron variant.
China is committed to a zero-tolerance policy toward Covid, utilizing border curbs and stringent restrictions to try and keep out all cases of the virus.
Attention has increased with the detection of the new variant, with the Beijing Winter Olympics set to start in early February.
Hong Kong is mandating a three-day hotel quarantine for air-cargo crews to intercept transmission.
The US is seeking changes to the new Chinese cleaning mandates since stringent disinfecting procedures are already performed between flights by carriers globally.
SeaNews Turkey
