China Eastern to fly daily to Chicago O'Hare

China Eastern will operate a daily Shanghai-Chicago service from March 18. The Skyteam member had planned to fly a thrice-weekly B777-300ER service between the two cities from that date. It is now scheduled to operate the route daily, reports airlineroute.net. Outbound service MU717 will depart Shanghai Du Pong at 1140 and arrive at Chicago O'Hare at 1240. Return leg MU718 will leave Chicago at 1500 and land in Shanghai at 1910 the next day. Last month, China Eastern and Plaza Premium opened the world's first co-branded airport lounge in Terminal 2 at Shanghai Pudong (see news, November 16). flychinaeastern.com Graham Smith