China Eastern Airlines

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.

Routes Asia will bring together decision makers to accelerate the region's recovery.

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.

A senior U.S. NTSB investigator and technical advisors from three key stakeholders will be among the U.S. representatives supporting the probe into the March 21

The US Transportation Department said China’s cancellation of 44 flights operated by US airlines is inconsistent with the US-China air services accord.

Worldwide capacity remains around 71% of pre-crisis levels despite a reduction in Europe.

The carrier launched four new domestic routes in September.

Fifty aircraft will be based in Hainan to support the Chinese province’s free trade hub masterplan.

Another week of modest growth as Chinese carriers add capacity back to their networks.

An order has been issued to limit passenger capacity to 40% on four routes to the US in retaliation to sanctions imposed by China’s government on United Airlines.

Service has started from Chengdu’s second international airport.

Air France-KLM and China Eastern Airlines are to extend the scope of their partnership following the approval of a recapitalization plan for the European group in which China Eastern, an existing shareholder, is taking part.

Air China and China Eastern Airlines both remained in the red for all four quarters of 2020, racking up annual net losses of CNY14.4 billion (£2.2 billion) and CNY11.8 billion respectively.