China Eastern Set to Expand Network to Taiwan

China Eastern Airlines is set to introduce flights to Taipei Taoyuan from the Chinese city of Wuxi, taking advantage of recent changes to the bilaterial air services agreement between China and Taiwan. The carrier already provides flights to Taipei from Hefei, Kunming, Nanchang, Nanjing, Ningbo, Qingdao, Shanghai Pudong, Shijiazhuang, Taiyuan, Wuhan and Xi'an but from June 27 it plans to add the twice weekly schedule from Wuxi.

Wuxi is a small historic city in Jiangsu province and is sometimes referred to as ‘Little Shanghai’ due to its proximity to the fast expanding city, a major international gateway into the country. Wuxi Airport was only opened in 2004 and is located 7 miles (12 km) northwest of the city, in Shuofang. China Eastern Airlines is the largest operator with flights to Changsha, Chengdu, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Zhangjiajie, while Air China, China Southern, China United, Shenzhen Airlines, Sichuan Airlines and Tianjin Airlines also have a presence. Shenzhen Airlines also offers the only current scheduled international flights with links to Osaka and Tokyo in Japan.

The airline has uploaded its proposed schedule to the GDS but this has subsequently been removed as it is understood that it remains to subject to final confirmation of the revised flight arrangements by the Taiwanese and Chinese governments.

Schedule:

MU2931 WUX1700 – 1850TPE 320 14
MU2932 TPE1950 – 2140WUX 320 14