American beats out Delta for Los Angeles-Beijing route award

Credit: Rob Finlayson
American Airlines has been chosen over Delta Air Lines to operate daily Los Angeles (LAX)-Beijing (PEK) flights. Both carriers had applied to the US Department of Transportation (DOT) for the route rights in March, seeking to become the only US airline operating nonstop LAX-PEK service. DOT has...

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