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China Eastern expands international network

2 Jan 2015

Having launched new services to Paris and Nagoya last month, China Eastern will also add Macau, Busan, Da Nang, Fukuoka and Osaka to its network starting from the end of this month.

Kunming-Paris

This route is operated by a 234-seat A330-200, consisting of two classes – 30 business seats in a 2-2-2 configuration, and 204 economy arranged in a 2-4-2 setup. The flight departs Kunming Changshui airport on every Monday, Thursday and Saturday at 0005 and arrives at Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) at 0550, leaving again at 1150 and for a 0600 touch down in Kunming.

The carrier also codeshares with Air France on connecting flights from CDG to 16 European routes, including Amsterdam, Birmingham and Berlin. 

Wuhan-Shanghai-Nagoya

A 158-seat B737-800 is deployed on the route, offering eight business and 150 economy seats. The daily service leaves Wuhan Tianhe airport at 1450, to land at Shanghai Pudong airport at 1615, and then takes off for Nagoya Chubu Centrair airport at 1715 and for scheduled touchdown at 2035. The return flight leaves on the following day at 1030, reaching Shanghai at 1145 and taking off again at 1245 before arriving in Wuhan at 1420.   

China Eastern serves two destinations in Japan from Wuhan – daily to Fukuoka, the country's sixth largest city and a regional transport hub, and four times weekly to Shizuoka, the fifth largest city located between Tokyo and Nagoya.

Upcoming international routes include:

Hangzhou-Macau (From January 23)

 

Departure

Time

Arrival

Time

Operation days

MU263

Hangzhou

1520

Macau

1735

Fri, Sun

MU264

Macau

1830

Hangzhou

2050

Aircraft: A320 (158 – Business: 8; economy: 150)

 

Nanjing-Qingdao-Busan (From January 26)

 

From

 

via

 

To

Operation days

MU2735

Nanjing

1050 / 1200

Qingdao

1330 / 1510

Busan

Mon, Tue, Thu, Sat

MU2736

Busan

1610 / 1755

Qingdao

1830 / 2045

Nanjing

Aircraft: A320

 

Nanjing-Yantai-Busan (From January 28)

 

From

 

via

 

To

Operation days

MU2781

Nanjing

1050 / 1200

Yantai

1330 / 1510

Busan

Wed, Fri, Sun

MU2782

Busan

1610 / 1755

Yantai

1830 / 2045

Nanjing

Aircraft: A320

 

Nanjing-Nanning-Da Nang (From January 29)

 

From

 

via

 

To

Operation days

MU2751

Nanjing

0810 / 1045

Nanning

1135 / 1315

Da Nang

Thu, Sun

MU2752

Da Nang

1400 / 1540

Nanning

1630 / 1840

Nanjing

Aircraft: A320

 

Chengdu-Nanjing-Fukuoka (From January 26)

 

From

 

via

 

To

Operation days

MU2879

Chengdu

1130 / 1335

Nanjing

1420 / 1630

Fukuoka

Mon, Thu, Sun

MU2880

Fukuoka

1730 / 1945

Nanjing

2045 / 2315

Chengdu

Aircraft: A320

 

 Chengdu-Nanjing-Osaka (From January 27)

 

From

 

via

 

To

Operation days

MU2859

Chengdu

1130 / 1335

Nanjing

1430 / 1630

Osaka

Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat

MU2860

Osaka

1730 / 1945

Nanjing

2045 / 2315

Chengdu

Aircraft: A320

The airline will also be upgrading its Shanghai Pudong-Toronto service. This route is currently operated by a 322-seat A340-600 (see here) but the booking system shows that it will be replaced by a newer 316-seat B777-300ER (see here) starting from April 15, and frequency will increase from three times weekly to daily from July 11 onwards.

The schedule is as follows:

 

Departure

Time

Arrival

Time

MU207

Shanghai

1200

Toronto

1425

MU208

Toronto

1625

Shanghai

1910+1

For more information, visit flychinaeastern.com

Valerian Ho  

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