China Eastern Airlines (CEA) has resumed 70 international and regional routes by mid-April, with an average of 844 flights a week, up 60 percent from March.
Between April 10 and 16, international and regional flights of the Chinese airline carried a total of 103,300 passengers.
It is learned that CEA will launch multiple new international and regional routes this month in Shanghai, Beijing, Xi'an, Kunming and Nanjing, including routes from Kunming to Singapore, from Xi'an and Beijing to Moscow, from Nanjing to Taipei, and from Shanghai to Yangon. About 44 new flights are expected to be opened each week.
Since March 26, the CEA flights from Shanghai and Yantai to Incheon will be both increased to seven times a week from the previously two and one.
Besides, a new flight will be launched between Qingdao and Kansai three times a week. The flights between Shanghai and Paris will be increased to three times a week and those from Shanghai to Jeju seven times a week.
In addition, CEA will open new routes to meet passengers' travel demand in the summer vacation, including two from Nanjing and Xi'an to Phuket.