China Eastern Airlines will add new and expanded routes to many airports in Guangdong during the 2024 summer and autumn flight season

　　China News Service, Guangzhou, March 31 (Guo Jun, Tang Heng, Taotao) On March 31, the civil aviation summer and autumn season of 2024 started. China Eastern Airlines has optimized its route layout at multiple airports in Guangdong to provide new assistance for passengers traveling in the Greater Bay Area.

　　The reporter learned from China Eastern Airlines that during the new aviation season, China Eastern Airlines (including its subsidiaries Shanghai Airlines, China United Airlines, and 123 Airlines) operated an average of about 184 flights per day originating from Guangdong. Compared with the summer and autumn flight seasons of 2019, China Eastern Airlines operated an average of 184 flights in Guangzhou every day. The planned flight volume of Shenzhen and Shenzhen increased by 7.5% and 10% respectively.

　　Among them, China Eastern Airlines has added new routes in Guangzhou such as Guangzhou-Kunming-Xishuangbanna, Guangzhou-Dali, and Guangzhou-Shenyang. The Guangzhou-Chongqing route has been increased from three flights per week to one flight per day. In view of the business and tourist flow in Chengdu, on the basis of adjusting the departure time of the two daily Guangzhou-Chengdu Tianfu flights, a new Guangzhou-Chengdu dual-flow route will be opened.

　　In order to further facilitate passengers from Shenzhen and Zhuhai to transfer to international routes through Pudong Airport, China Eastern Airlines has increased the number of Shenzhen-Shanghai Pudong and Zhuhai-Shanghai Pudong routes during the new flight season, covering the needs of Shenzhen passengers who go to Pudong Airport in the evening to transfer to long-distance routes. China Eastern Airlines has also opened two new routes in Zhuhai, Chengdu and Lanzhou, of which Zhuhai-Chengdu has four flights per week and Zhuhai-Lanzhou has one flight per day.

　　During the new airline season, China Eastern Airlines increased its investment in the Huizhou market. Six new destinations have been added: Chengdu Tianfu, Chongqing, Hefei, Qingdao, Wuhan and Shijiazhuang, providing new travel options for passengers in the eastern part of the Greater Bay Area.

　　At Foshan Airport, China Eastern Airlines has launched new Ordos and Lanzhou routes, and increased the Foshan-Chengdu Tianfu route from three flights per week to one flight per day.

　　At Jieyang Chaoshan Airport, China Eastern Airlines has expanded the Jieyang Chaoshan-Shanghai Hongqiao route to better meet the travel needs of business passengers; it has added a new Jieyang Chaoshan-Changsha-Lanzhou route to provide new options for travelers in eastern Guangdong.

　　China Eastern Airlines also increased its investment in the Zhanjiang market during the new flight season and increased the number of routes from Zhanjiang to Nanchang.

　　In terms of Hong Kong and Macau, compared with the summer and autumn flight seasons of 2023, the Shanghai-Hong Kong Express has reached 11 flights per day, an increase of 6 flights; compared with before the epidemic, China Eastern Airlines’ flight volume in Hong Kong and Macau has recovered to 123.3% and 139.1% of 2019 respectively. .

　　In addition, China Eastern Airlines has also worked with Guangzhou Baiyun Airport to upgrade the "Air Express-Quarantine Area Change Service" to support "Guangzhou-Shanghai Hongqiao" Air Express passengers with checked baggage to change tickets in the quarantine area.

　　The upgraded "Sky Express - Quarantine Area Change" service more comprehensively covers passenger needs - rescheduled passengers with checked baggage must submit a cancellation or change application 70 minutes before the original flight is scheduled to take off (60 minutes for business class). If the scheduled departure time of the original flight is more than 60 minutes away from the planned departure time of the rescheduled flight, you can complete the ticket change and baggage change procedures in one stop at the China Eastern Airlines service desk in the isolation area of ​​Terminal 1 of Baiyun Airport, without worrying about the follow-up. Problems such as pulling down and re-hanging checked baggage are greatly improved, and the travel experience is worry-free. (over)