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China Eastern Airlines

IATAMU ICAOCES

680 Aircraft in fleet
Founded
25 June 1988
Callsign
CHINA EASTERNChinese airlines use Mandarin Chinese callsigns when in Chinese airspace. China Eastern's Mandarin callsign is 东方; pinyin: dōngfāng, lit. "eastern".
Headquarters
No. 36 Hongxiang 3rd Road, Minhang, Shanghai
Hubs and bases
Kunming, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Shanghai–Pudong, Xi'an

What they fly

  • — 140
  • Airbus A320-200 134
  • Airbus A320neo 123
  • Boeing 737-800 100
  • Airbus A321-200 74
  • Boeing 737-700 36
  • Comac C909 32
  • Airbus A319-100 31
  • Airbus A321neo 30
  • Airbus A330-200 30
  • Airbus A330-300 26
  • Airbus A330-900 25

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About the airline

China Eastern Airlines (branded as China Eastern) is a major airline in China, headquartered in Minhang, Shanghai. It is one of the three major airlines in the country, along with Air China and China Southern Airlines. China Eastern's main hubs are Shanghai Pudong International Airport and Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport, both located in Shanghai. In terms of passenger traffic, it is the country's second largest airline after China Southern Airlines. In 2021, its operational revenue was 67,127 million RMB with assets totaling 286,548 million RMB. China Eastern (along with its subsidiary Shanghai Airlines) became the 14th member of SkyTeam on 21 June 2011.

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