May 30, 2023

BEIJING — Fewer than 6% of U.S. flights to and from mainland China that existed in 2019 have resumed, according to a Nomura report.

In contrast, flights between mainland China and Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Italy are nearly back to pre-pandemic frequency or more, the report showed, citing data as of May 22 from Variflight.

“We think geopolitical factors in China’s outbound tourism revival ... are clearly at play here,” Nomura’s Chief China Economist Ting Lu and a team said in the report Monday.

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