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Nov 04, 2020 (newstodate): China's CAAC is enforcing a strict regime on airline failing to comply with Covid-19 regulations announced on October 27, 2020.
Airlines bringing in passengers testing Covid-19 positive into Chinese airports are penalized with suspension of rights for set periods.
According to CAAC policies, flights are suspended for a week if the number of infected incoming passengers reaches five, and the suspension extends to four weeks if 10 passengers test positive.
On the positive side, airlines are allowed to increase their flights to two weekly rotations if all arrivals on a flight test negative for three successive weeks.
Among the latest airlines to be punished is Ethiopian Airlines whose flight – already suspended for five weeks since October 26, 2020 - will remain grounded for another four weeks from November 30, 2020, after a further 11 passengers tested positive for COVID-19 on October 20, 2020, on arrival at Shanghai.