Senators urge halt to Chinese carriers overflying Russia on U.S. flights


  • World
  • Friday, 24 Feb 2023

FILE PHOTO: Senator Robert Menendez, a Democrat from New Jersey and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, speaks during a hearing in Washington, U.S., April 26, 2022. Al Drago/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

(Reuters) - The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the committee's top Republican urged the Biden administration to halt Chinese airlines and other non-American carriers from flying over Russia on U.S. routes.

Senator Robert Menendez, a Democrat, and James Risch, the committee's top Republican, in a letter seen by Reuters urged the Biden administration to ensure no commercial airline overflying Russian territory arrives or departs from a U.S. airport.

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