A slow economy and political tensions are putting pressure on European carriers as they have to avoid Soviet airspace, while business travel to China is hampered by the latter’s sluggish economy and political tensions. The number of airlines in and out of China is getting smaller day by day for Americans and Europeans. Virgin Atlantic, the American airline, said Trip VS251 on Saturday would be its next some connected Shanghai to London, suspending a way that it first operated 25 years ago. The Norwegian airline SAS announced it planned to stop direct flights between Copenhagen and Shanghai next fortnight, while LOT Polish Airlines does suspend its Warsaw-to-Beijing planes after Thursday. When China lifted its tight Covid-19 limits in 2022, business journey was expected to rise to prepandemic levels with executives returning to the land, the country’s second-largest business, in droves. But that has n’t materialized. Numerous foreign carriers have halted or decreased the speed of flights into and out of China over the past few months. The conflict in Ukraine has prevented non-Chinese flights from flying over Russian aircraft, both for Western European and American companies. This results in longer journey times for passengers and higher costs for airlines forced to travel on more routes. ” Major challenges and challenges” on flying in and out of China contributed to Virgin Atlantic’s decision to suspend its London-Shanghai route, its single China flight, the flight said in a speech. The firm claimed that avoiding Russia’s airspace had increased the time it spent on its Shanghai trip from London by an hour and the other by two hours, making fuel and crew costs more. Because the airlines to China are not rife with people, the increased costs add a heavier punch. The demand for work trips has declined because of the country’s weak market and growing unease at foreign companies operating there, but tourism has not helped. Beijing has since dropped requirements for visas for more than a dozen countries. The post information is retrievable with difficulty. In your browser’s settings, kindly help Browser. Thank you for your patience while accessibility is verified. If you are in Audience mode please leave and log into your Times accounts, or listen for all of The Times. Thank you for your patience while accessibility is verified. Presently a customer? Register in. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.