China Eastern Takes On Air China At Chengdu
By Bradley Perrett perrett@aviationweek.com
BEIJING
China Eastern is moving strongly into the territory of rival Air China by setting up a branch airline in Chengdu that it plans to equip with 30 aircraft by 2015.
Routes to Southeast Asia, an express service to Shanghai and new direct flights to China’s well-developed cities feature in China Eastern’s plans for Chengdu, which will exploit the expansion of the city’s Shuangliu Airport ...