Officials from the that calls for an additional 13 daily flights operated by U.S. carriers between the two countries by 2012. The deal also allows the United States to designate an additional airline to serve China in 2007, and two more in 2009. Delta Air Lines already began pursuing rights to fly nonstop between Atlanta and Shanghai.
United Airlines this year started Chicago-Beijing servicethat followed an earlier U.S.-China aviation deal finalized in 2004.