Chinese airlines battered by Beijing's zero-virus crackdown

Groundings of international flights escalate as omicron rages

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China Southern Airlines reported a nine-month loss approaching $1 billion. (Photo by Melvin Loi)

YUSUKE HINATA, Nikkei staff writer

GUANGZHOU -- China has ramped up flight cancellations under its zero-COVID strategy, wreaking further havoc on an airline industry already smarting from the pandemic.

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