China Eastern Airlines plans to resume a number of international routes at the end of October, including Shanghai-Bangkok-Qingdao, Hangzhou/Qingdao/Nanjing/Kunming-Tokyo Narita, Qingdao/Nanjing/Yantai-Seoul Incheon, Qingdao-Dubai and other routes. With the official release of the winter & spring flight schedule on October 30, 2022, China Eastern plans to increase its weekly passenger international routes to 42 with 108 flights, a doubling of flight numbers from the present level.

The new international routes will be gradually implemented from October 20.

Since July this year, China Eastern Airlines has gradually resumed a number of international routes such as Hangzhou-Manila, Hangzhou-Kuala Lumpur, Qingdao-Osaka, Qingdao-Seoul Incheon, and Kunming-Colombo. As of mid-October, the number of international routes that can be operated by China Eastern Airlines is 25 international routes with 54 flights.