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In a statement posted on its official website, the Civil Aviation Administration of China said that the flight between Lisbon and the Chinese city of Xi’an, operated by the airline Beijing Capital Airlines, will be suspended from June 27.
Flights to China are subject to a policy aimed at stopping transmissions of covid-19: when five or more cases are detected on board, the connection is suspended for two weeks; if there are ten or more cases, the call is suspended for one month.
Under the strategy of zero cases of covid-19, China has kept its borders practically closed since March 2020. The country authorizes only one flight per city and per airline, which has reduced the number of international air connections to the country in 98%, compared to the pre-pandemic period.
The air connection between Portugal and China was resumed precisely on June 12, with the frequency of one flight a week, after being suspended for more than six months.
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