Foreign media: The Trump administration in the United States proposed to prohibit Chinese airlines from using Russian airspace on flights in the US, citing that Chinese airlines gain an "unfair advantage" of "lower costs and shorter flight distances" by being able to fly over Russian territory.
China criticized this, pointing out that such restrictions would harm cultural exchanges between China and the United States, and called on the United States to reflect on the impact of its policies on its own companies, rather than arbitrarily suppressing other countries and making global consumers pay for it.
Since February 2022, when Russia was banned by many countries in the US and Europe from flying over its territory, Russia has also closed its airspace to American and some foreign airlines. Russian airspace is the shortest route connecting Asia with Europe and North America. Flying over Russia can shorten the flight distance, reduce fuel consumption and operating costs.
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