On October 7, Delta Air Lines officially increased its Shanghai Pudong-Los Angeles route from 3 flights per week to 5 flights per week. With this increase in flights, China and the US are using all of their regular passenger ticket quotas for the first time at this stage. According to current arrangements, China and the US will each allow each other's airlines to operate up to 50 scheduled passenger flights per week after 2024.

On October 7, Delta Air Lines officially increased its Shanghai Pudong-Los Angeles route from 3 flights per week to 5 flights per week. With this increase in flights, China and the US are using all of their regular passenger ticket quotas for the first time at this stage. According to current arrangements, China and the US will each allow each other's airlines to operate up to 50 scheduled passenger flights per week after 2024.