Airlines

Major U.S. Airlines Aren't Heeding China's Warning to Refer to Taiwan as a Part of the Country

June 19, 2018

Among those carriers that continue to include the name “Taiwan” on their maps or list of destinations are American, Delta, United and Hawaiian Airlines.

Source Los Angeles Times

A demand by China that all air carriers worldwide refer to Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau on online maps and drop-down menus as Chinese territories — not as independent regions — is being ignored by the U.S.’s biggest airlines.

At least for now.

The order from Beijing came in May, and dozens of foreign-based carriers have already fallen in line.