China Eastern Airlines will ramp up its capacity eyeing a surge in passenger demands with lifting of restrictions, resumption of international flights and upcoming Spring festival. The airline plans to allocate 753 flights between January 7, 2023 to February 25, 2023 with average planned daily flights of over 2,900, and arrange over 6,000 additional flights to meet passengers' air travel demand.
In January, China Eastern's weekly international passenger routes are scheduled to increase to 48, with 184 flights. Among them, three flights per week from Shanghai to Budapest, Auckland and Sydney respectively are scheduled, and more flights from Shanghai to Bangkok, Kunming to Phnom Penh and Hu Chi Minh, Hangzhou to Manila, Qingdao to Dubai and Wenzhou to Rome are planned. China Eastern will also add new flights from Shanghai to Melbourne, Phuket, Chiang Mai, Male and other destinations starting January 23, 2023.
As for the Chinese mainland, China Eastern plans to add new flights mainly for passengers returning home, flights to popular tourist destinations including skill resorts and Hainan Province, and flights in Yunnan Province.
With the resumption and adjustment of international passenger flights, China Eastern and its subsidiary Shanghai Airlines resumed normal in-flight meals for their international and regional flights from January 8, 2023.