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SHANGHAI, Sept. 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- China Eastern Airlines (CEAir) recently launched version 2.0 of its international app, now available on the App Store and Google Play, offering global travelers a smoother and more convenient digital travel experience through comprehensive upgrades to its underlying technology, user experience, and interface design.

SHANGHAI, Dec. 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- China Eastern Airlines (CEA, http://www.ceair.com/ ) inaugurated its new Shanghai-Auckland-Buenos Aires route on Dec. 4. The inaugural flight, operated by CEA's "National Museum of China" themed aircraft, carried 282 passengers on a 20,000-kilometer journey. The new route marks the first direct flight from Shanghai to a major South American city, opening a new "southbound corridor" across the Pacific and offering an alternative to the traditional Europe- or North America-based transfer routes. The journey, which previously could take 30 hours, is now reduced to roughly 25 hours, setting a new record as the world's longest one-way commercial flight.

SHANGHAI, Dec. 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On December 1, at 11:08 a.m., China Eastern Airlines flight MU9179 touched down smoothly at Lanzhou Zhongchuan International Airport, which sits at an elevation of 1,948.7 meters (6,394 feet). This landing marked the official commencement of regular commercial flights by C919, China's first domestically produced large civil aircraft, on the Shanghai-Lanzhou route. It is also the first time China Eastern Airlines has flow the C919 to a high-altitude airport.

SHANGHAI, Oct. 31, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The 2025 North Bund International Aviation Forum opened today at the Grand Halls in Shanghai, China, organized by the Ministry of Transport of the People's Republic of China and Shanghai Municipal People's Government, and jointly hosted by China Eastern Air Holding Co., Ltd. and Shanghai Airport Authority.

SHANGHAI, Sept. 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- From July 1 to August 31, China Eastern Airlines (CEA) operated a total of 194,000 flights, carrying 28.06 million passengers. Among them, international and regional flights reached 27,000, transporting 4.49 million passengers, setting a historic record.

SHANGHAI, Aug. 26, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- China Eastern Airlines (CEA) will officially open its "Shanghai-Barcelona" international route on September 26, 2025, with flights MU249 and MU250 operating four round trips per week on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Sundays. This route not only links two global cities but also delivers smooth and convenient flying experience for travelers.

SHANGHAI, Oct. 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The 2024 ESG Global Leaders Conference was held in Shanghai on October 16. China Eastern Airlines, as the sole representative of the civil aviation industry, delivered a keynote speech and showcased its ESG achievements at the conference.

SHANGHAI, Sept. 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Recently, China Eastern Airlines launched its Eastern E-Services travel facilitation series at Shanghai Pudong International Airport, aiming to better facilitate international passengers, baggage services and routes in the Yangtze River delta.

SHANGHAI, June 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The first aircraft of an additional order of 100 C919 jets placed by China Eastern Airlines last year was delivered, bearing flight number B-919G, as the Chinese-developed jetliner recently marked its one year of commercial operations.

SHANGHAI, China, May 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- China Eastern Airlines is taking Zootopia to the sky as a Zootopia-themed airplane of the company was unveiled on May 24.