Direct UK-China flights are planned to resume after a 20-month ban following an agreement by both governments. The CAAC (Civil Aviation Administration of China) and the UK Department for Transport revealed that flights would resume from the 11th of August.
Chinese airlines will be the first to offer flight services while work is ongoing to resume routes for UK carriers, as said in a statement on British Airways social media account.
China initially banned direct flights from the UK in December 2020 when a new, more infectious, strain of Covid-19 was discovered in the UK. The agreement follows other moves by China to ease its strict pandemic border policy. Mandatory quarantine was reduced to seven days in June and direct flights to Beijing are now resuming for the first time since 2020.