
China Eastern Airlines Co., Ltd., founded in 1988 and headquartered in Shanghai, is a state-owned backbone air transport company, listed on the New York, Hong Kong and Shanghai stock exchanges
Headquartered in Shanghai, China Eastern Airlines Group Corporation is one of the three major state-owned backbone air transport groups in China, and its predecessor can be traced back to the first flight squadron established by the former Civil Aviation Shanghai Administration Office in January 1957. After continuous industrial restructuring and resource optimization and integration, it has now become a large-scale aviation industry group with air transport and logistics industry as the core, aviation real estate, aviation finance, media duty-free, catering, trade circulation, industrial development, general aviation and industrial investment.
China Eastern Airlines Co., Ltd., the core business of the Group, became the first Chinese airline company to be listed in New York, Hong Kong and Shanghai in 1997. At present, China Eastern Airlines operates a modern fleet of more than 600 passenger and cargo aircraft, with an average age of less than 5.5 years, making it one of the youngest fleets among the world's largest airlines. As a member of SkyTeam, China Eastern carries more than 100 million passengers annually, ranking seventh in the world. With a network of 1,062 destinations in 177 countries around the world, Eastern Miles frequent flyers can enjoy the benefits of SkyTeam membership in 20 airlines and 672 airport lounges worldwide.
China Eastern Airlines Group has always adhered to serving the national economy and people's livelihood, economic and social development, reform and opening up, and pursued the coordinated development of "national interests, economic benefits, and social welfare". In 2011, the development policy of "promoting the transformation of passengers and freight and building a modern aviation service integrator" was proposed. In 2012, inspired by the Chinese dream, the "China Eastern Airlines Dream" was proposed, that is, to achieve the two strategic goals of "building a world-class and building a happy China Eastern Airlines".
Since 2009, the China Eastern brand has been widely recognized by all sectors of society. After winning the "China Civil Aviation Flight Safety Five-Star Award", it has also been ranked among the "Top 25 Most Innovative Chinese Companies" by Fortune Magazine (Chinese Edition), the top 10 in the corporate social responsibility ranking, and has been rated as "China's Top 30 Most Valuable Brands" by the international brand agency WPP for many consecutive years, and the return on net assets ranks among the top central enterprises.
Facing the future, China Eastern is committed to building a world-class airline with "employee love, customer preference, shareholder satisfaction, and social trust", and will continue to create wonderful experiences for global passengers with accurate, exquisite and meticulous services.