International passenger carriage figures for Air China, China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines are still down compared to pre-pandemic levels.
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 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.
China’s two largest airlines are not providing a clear roadmap on their future with the Boeing 737 MAX, offering no indications on when the aircraft may return to service, or even if they will take deliveries at all.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China insists the investigation into the March crash of a China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 is still in its early stage
Rising fuel costs and closed borders are keeping China’s national carriers—Air China, China Southern Airlines and China Eastern Airlines—under pressure and, despite increases in passenger revenue, all three saw their losses widen in 2021.
Rescuers recovered China Eastern Airlines flight MU5735’s flight data recorder March 27, and investigators are encouraged that damage to the unit will not prevent it from yielding valuable clues that will help explain what brought the aircraft down.
Rescue personnel have recovered one of two flight recorders belonging to the ill-fated China Eastern flight MU5735, two days after the Boeing 737-800 crashed into mountains in southern China.
