China Eastern Airlines

Routes' latest update on how airlines and airports across the Asia-Pacific region are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

China’s big three state-owned carriers Air China, China Southern Airlines and China Eastern Airlines have recorded a cumulative loss of CNY14 billion ($2 billion) for Q1 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic brought the Chinese aviation industry to a standstill.

Routes' latest update on how airlines and airports across the Asia-Pacific region are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The airport serving the city located in the Chinese province where the coronavirus outbreak started sees scheduled domestic flights again.

Wuhan Tianhe Airport (WUH) reopened its gates to scheduled commercial operations on April 8, marking the end of China’s 76-day lockdown of the city and the resumption of normal service to the airport.

How airlines around the world are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

How airlines around the world are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

China’s big three state carriers Air China, China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines have released their operating numbers for February, revealing the damage of the COVID-19 lockdown on their performance.

How airlines around the world are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

China Eastern Airlines will reduce or suspend flights on 11 European and North American routes, apparently in response to further falls in demand amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

China is next week set to welcome back a further 2 million departure seats to its network as the first market to be affected by COVID-19 coronavirus continues to recover.

A China Eastern subsidiary set up to fly Comac aircraft will serve coastal districts from the Yangzi River Delta and retain the business aviation operation on which it has been based, the parent company said.

BEIJING—China Southern Airlines and China Eastern Airlines are competing to add a daily flight between Amsterdam and Beijing’s new airport, Daxing

China Eastern Airlines will begin revamping its frequent flyer program “Eastern Miles” from a mile-based system to a revenue-based one in the second half of 2020.

China Southern Airlines will maintain deep cooperation with Skyteam members after leaving the alliance at year’s end.

Air France-KLM and China Eastern's joint venture is to be enlarged to include Virgin Atlantic. As well as the new partnership, it has also been confirmed that regional airline Flybe, which was acquired earlier this year by a consortium that includes Virgin Atlantic, will re-brand as Virgin Connect.

Asia's four leading airlines have all confirmed their attendance and Routes Silk Road 2019 in Kazakhstan.

Athens, Manchester and Milan could be set for new routes to China if the latest applications to the Civil Aviation Administration of China are given the green light.

As China Eastern schedules its latest new route to Western Europe, Routesonline looks at the growth of the market and the new services set to start in the coming months.

We profile China Eastern, the Shanghai-based airline which is attending Routes Asia 2019.

Delegates are able to request meetings with their key airline targets, including Air China, Qatar Airways and AirAsia.

Air France-KLM and China Eastern have signed an agreement to extend their joint venture partnership to two additional routes.

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Chinese airlines are this year on course to collectively carry more than 600 million passengers for the first time, research by Routesonline has found, as growth in the country’s domestic and international market continues to accelerate. The figure is a huge increase from the 440 million carried just five years ago.

Japan Airlines and China Eastern hope their planned joint venture will allow them to coordinate flight times, offer more connecting flights and lower ticket prices.