China Eastern Airlines

China Eastern Airlines is launching the Shanghai Pudong-Istanbul route in conjunction with plans to cooperate with Turkish Airlines.

China Eastern announced the C919 order almost a year to the day since the Comac narrowbody received its type certification.

China’s decades as aviation’s fastest growth country is over for now, and it will take years for aircraft deliveries to return to previous levels.

The latest airline route news, featuring network changes, schedule alterations, codeshares and interline agreements.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission intends to reject a one-year extension sought by Qantas and China Eastern over frequency and growth concerns.

This comes as the CAAC reported a 7.4% increase in passenger volume during the summer travel season against 2019 levels.

International passenger carriage figures for Air China, China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines are still down compared to pre-pandemic levels.

Istanbul will become the 10th passenger destination in Europe served by China Eastern Airlines at the present time.

Economic and geopolitical travails are weighing on China’s international passenger flight recovery.

All the important data related to the airline in recent years.

China’s decision to relax outbound tour group restrictions on 78 countries has prompted speculation the country's international air travel recovery has arrived.

Delta Air Lines says its "TransChina" connection procedure has been reinstated with SkyTeam partner China Eastern at Shanghai Pudong International Airport.

China Eastern has taken delivery of its second Comac C919, with data showing its first narrow-body airliner has clocked an average of 5.5 flying hours daily.

Sydney Airport (SYD) says seven Chinese airlines will operate 48 weekly services to the airport from mainland China in July, as the Chinese economy recovers.

The flight from Shanghai to Beijing marks completion of research, development, manufacturing, and commissioning of the Comac narrowbody.

Sydney Airport (SYD) CEO Geoff Culbert will resign at the end of the year following six years leading Australia’s busiest airport.

The latest new route announcements, schedule changes and codeshares.

Flag-carrier Air China forecast the biggest projected loss.

China was the world’s only major air transport market that saw negative growth in 2022.

China Eastern is the launch customer of the C919 and expects to begin domestic service with the newly certified narrowbody aircraft in early 2023.

Fifteen pilots have received their Comac C919 type certification following a two-month evaluation.

Aeroporti di Roma CEO Marco Troncone said point-to-point traffic is back to 2019 levels but hub connectivity remains weaker.

No Chinese major has returned to profitability after a short “honeymoon period” in late 2020.

The big three Chinese airlines' order for a combined 292 narrowbodies comes after the backlog of deliveries to the country had been getting smaller and smaller.

The move could see Airbus becoming China’s largest supplier for new aircraft.