All China Eastern Airlines articles
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NewsChina Eastern signs for 100 more C919s with deliveries running beyond 2030
China Eastern Airlines is to purchase another 100 Comac C919 twinjets, with deliveries of the aircraft set to commence next year. Five aircraft will be handed over in 2024, with another 10 in each year from 2025-27, rising to 15 over 2028-30, with the final 20 arriving in 2031. The ...
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AnalysisAirline Business performance tracker: Asia-Pacific Q2 2023
Key data from the most-recent Asia-Pacific earnings period – the April-June 2023 quarter – and the equivalent periods stretching back to the last pre-Covid year, powered by Airline Business Insight
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NewsUS and China to allow more direct flights between the two countries
The US government has agreed to allow Chinese airlines to increase the number of direct flights between the two countries more than three years after the beginning of the global Covid-19 crisis, with the government of China apparently reciprocating.
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AnalysisAirline Business performance tracker: Asia-Pacific Q1 2023
Key data from the most-recent Asia-Pacific earnings period – the January-March 2023 quarter – and the equivalent periods stretching back to the last pre-Covid year, powered by Airline Business Insight
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NewsChina Eastern schedules C919 commercial debut on 28 May
China Eastern Airlines appears set to operate the first commercial flight of the Comac C919 twinjet in the coming days, some five months after taking delivery of the aircraft.
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AnalysisAirline share prices weaker at end-2022 versus end-2021 despite demand recovery
Airline share prices ended 2022 down on the same point 12 months earlier, following a challenging year for wider economies around the world
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NewsChina’s ‘big three’ airlines sign for 292 Airbus A320neos
China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines and Air China have today signed agreements with Airbus covering orders for a combined 292 A320neo aircraft.
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NewsPreliminary report into China Eastern 737 crash offers few details
Work to recover and analyse data from the flight recorders of the crashed China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 is ongoing, and could take a while given how “severely damaged” they were, say Chinese investigators.
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NewsChina Eastern returns 737-800 to service, a month after fatal crash
China Eastern Airlines has returned a small number of Boeing 737-800s to service, flight recording data suggests, nearly a month after the type was involved in a fatal crash in southern China.
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NewsIATA chief cites China’s ‘outstanding’ airline safety efforts as MU5735 probe continues
IATA director general Willie Walsh has expressed confidence in the investigation into the crash of China Eastern Airlines flight MU5735, while praising China’s safety record during an extended period of huge traffic growth. Investigations are continuing into why a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 crashed while operating a Kunming-Guangzhou service on ...
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NewsUS investigators assist probe into China Eastern 737 crash
US investigators have arrived in China to assist an ongoing probe into the crash of a China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800.
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NewsFlight-data recorder of crashed China Eastern 737 located
Rescuers have found the flight-data recorder of the China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 that crashed in south China, as officials confirm that there are no survivors from the crash.
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NewsCrashed China Eastern 737 flight-data recorder still elusive
Investigators continue to recover significant aircraft components from the crashed China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800, though the jet’s flight-data recorder has yet to be found.
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AnalysisClamour for China Eastern crash theories is at odds with reality
Following the tragic loss of a China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 on Monday, scrutiny – informed or otherwise – has been intense, in general reporting and particularly on social media.
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NewsEngine part from crashed China Eastern 737 found, as search for flight-data recorder widens
Aircraft components from the China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 that crashed in central China have been found more than 10km away from where the aircraft is said to have gone down, say investigators on the third day of search and rescue operations.
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NewsInvestigators find severely damaged flight recorder from crashed China Eastern 737
Investigators have located the cockpit-voice recorder belonging to the China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that crashed in central China.
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NewsWalsh insists Shanghai is right for next IATA AGM despite China border restrictions
Next year’s IATA AGM will be held in Shanghai, the airline association announced today at this year’s gathering in Boston.
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NewsChina Eastern talks up ambitious plans for Hainan operations
China Eastern Airlines hopes to place up to 50 aircraft at its newly-established base on Hainan island, as part of broader plans to grow its presence at the up-and-coming free trade hub.
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NewsChinese ‘Big Three’ domestic traffic hits 2021 low
Domestic traffic in August at China’s three largest airlines hit a new low in 2021 as parts of the Chinese mainland battled a surge in coronavirus infections caused by the more contagious Delta variant.
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NewsChina’s ‘Big Three’ see staggering domestic traffic growth in April
China’s three largest carriers — Air China, China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines — continued their impressive domestic traffic growth in April, reporting threefold increases in passenger numbers.