FILE PHOTO: Delta Air Lines passenger planes are seen parked due to flight reductions made to slow the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport in Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage
(Reuters) – Delta Air Lines (DAL.N) said on Monday it would resume passenger flights to Shanghai from Seattle, via Seoul, next week following Chinese government approval for U.S. carriers to fly there, with once weekly flights from Seattle and Detroit beginning in July.
Earlier, a Transportation Department spokesman confirmed that U.S. carriers have received the needed approvals for four total flights weekly to China.
Reporting by David Shepardson; Writing by Tracy Rucinski; Editing by Chris Reese