Gu Jia/Shanghai Daily news

Eying the potential of the travel market in Eastern Europe, China Eastern Airlines Co. will begin non-stop flights to Moscow, Russia, in April, reported today's Oriental Morning Post.
"The opening of non-stop flights to Moscow is one of the significant targets for our company to increase revenue from tourism this year," indicated Tian Dawei, director of sales and marketing for China Eastern Airlines Co, who appears at this World Travel Fair 2005 as an official aviation company of the city.
The increasing number of tourists rushing to Eastern Europe is creating a demand for huge passenger capacity.  A survey conducted by China Eastern three months ago shows that 60 to 70 percent of the passengers in each airplane flying to Moscow are tourists.    
The company is also preparing to open other non-stop flights to Frankfurt, Germany, in 2006.