China Eastern (MU)

9,817 flights a week on 684 routes: 135 cities in 42 countries, 12 aircraft types. Most departures are from Shanghai Pudong International.

The airline at a glance

By the schedule for the next two weeks

IATA code
MU
flights a week
9,817
cities with nonstop flights
135
countries
42
aircraft types
12

Routes and destinations

The busiest nonstop routes. Price: the cheapest direct fare of this airline found in recent searches.

2h 15m, 154 flights a week Return
3h 30m, 105 flights a week Return
2h 40m, 63 flights a week Return
3h, 77 flights a week Return
3h 25m, 49 flights a week Return
1h 55m, 63 flights a week Return
1h 40m, 70 flights a week Return
2h 10m, 77 flights a week Return
3h 5m, 63 flights a week Return
2h 25m, 63 flights a week Return
All routes: 684 routes from 134 cities

From Shanghai: Abu Dhabi, Adelaide, Almaty, Amsterdam, Auckland, Bangkok, Barcelona, Beihai, Beijing, Brisbane, Buenos Aires, Busan, Cairo, Cebu City, Changchun, Changsha, Chengdu, Chiang Mai, Chongqing, Colombo, Copenhagen, Daegu, Dalian, Denpasar (Bali), Dubai, Dublin, Frankfurt, Fukuoka, Fuzhou, Ganzhou, Geneva, Guangzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Haikou, Hangzhou, Hanoi, Harbin, Heihe, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Huizhou, Istanbul, Jakarta, Jeju, Jiayuguan, Jinan, Jinjiang, Jinzhou, Kazan, Kunming, Lanzhou, Lhasa, Lijiang, Linyi, London, Los Angeles, Macau, Madrid, Male, Manila, Melbourne, Milan, Moscow, Nagoya, Nanchang, New Delhi, New York, Ordos/Dongsheng, Osaka, Paris, Phu Quoc, Qingdao, Rome, Saint Petersburg, San Francisco, Sanya, Sapporo, Seoul, Shantou, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Shijiazhuang, Singapore, Stockholm, Sydney, Taipei, Taiyuan, Tashkent, Tbilisi, Tianjin, Tokyo, Toronto, Urumqi, Vancouver, Venice, Weihai, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Xiamen, Xian, Xining, Yanji, Yantai, Yinchuan, Yiwu, Zhanjiang, Zhengzhou, Zurich

From Kunming: Bangkok, Beijing, Changsha, Chengdu, Chiang Mai, Chongqing, Colombo, Dhaka, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Haikou, Hanoi, Harbin, Hong Kong, Jinan, Jinjiang, Kathmandu, Kolkata, Kuala Lumpur, Lijiang, Male, Mandalay, Nanjing, Phuket, Sanya, Seoul, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Singapore, Vientiane, Wuxi, Xiamen, Xian, Yangon, Yiwu, Zhanjiang, Zhengzhou

From Beijing: Bangkok, Changchun, Changsha, Changzhou, Chengdu, Chongqing, Denpasar (Bali), Dunhuang, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Haikou, Hangzhou, Harbin, Hefei, Hong Kong, Jiamusi, Jiayuguan, Jinghong, Kuala Lumpur, Kunming, Lanzhou, Macau, Moscow, Muscat, Nanchang, Nanjing, Ningbo, Sanya, Seoul, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo, Urumqi, Wuhan, Wuxi, Xiamen, Xian, Xining, Yinchuan, Zhanjiang

From Xian: Beijing, Changsha, Chongqing, Dalian, Dayong, Dunhuang, Guangzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Haikou, Hangzhou, Harbin, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Kunming, Qingdao, Sanya, Seoul, Shanghai, Shenyang, Singapore, Tashkent, Tianjin, Urumqi, Wuxi, Yantai

From Chengdu: Bangkok, Beijing, Changsha, Dali, Dalian, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Harbin, Hefei, Kunming, Lanzhou, Lhasa, Nanjing, Ningbo, Qingdao, Sanya, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Tianjin, Wuhan, Wuxi, Xiamen, Xining, Yining

From Nanjing: Bangkok, Beijing, Changchun, Changsha, Chengdu, Dalian, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Hanoi, Harbin, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Kunming, Sanya, Seoul, Shantou, Shenyang, Singapore, Taipei, Taiyuan, Urumqi, Xiamen

From Guangzhou: Bangkok, Beijing, Changchun, Changzhou, Chengdu, Dali, Diqing, Hangzhou, Harbin, Huai'an, Jinan, Kunming, Lanzhou, Lhasa, Lijiang, Nanjing, Ningbo, Qingdao, Shanghai, Shenyang, Taiyuan, Taizhou, Wuhan, Wuxi, Xian

From Qingdao: Changsha, Chengdu, Dalian, Daqing, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Harbin, Hefei, Ningbo, Seoul, Shanghai, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Taipei, Xian, Yanji, Yinchuan

From Wuhan: Bangkok, Beijing, Chongqing, Dalian, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Haikou, Hangzhou, Hanoi, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Kunming, Ningbo, Sanya, Shanghai, Singapore, Taipei, Xining

From Hangzhou: Beijing, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Kuala Lumpur, Kunming, Qingdao, Seoul, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Singapore, Urumqi, Wuhan, Xian, Yantai

From Shenzhen: Beijing, Changzhou, Chongqing, Hangzhou, Kunming, Nanjing, Ningbo, Qingdao, Shanghai, Taiyuan, Wuhan, Wuxi, Xian

From Taiyuan: Changzhou, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Haikou, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Urumqi, Wuhan, Xiamen

From Chongqing: Beijing, Jinan, Kunming, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Taiyuan, Wuhan, Xian

From Harbin: Beijing, Changsha, Chengdu, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Heihe, Kunming, Nanjing, Qingdao, Shanghai, Wuhan, Wuxi, Xian

From Dalian: Chengdu, Kuala Lumpur, Kunming, Nanchang, Nanjing, Qingdao, Shanghai, Singapore, Wuhan, Wuxi, Xian

From Seoul: Beijing, Hangzhou, Kunming, Nanjing, Qingdao, Shanghai, Weihai, Wuxi, Xian, Yanji, Yantai

From Wuxi: Beijing, Chengdu, Dalian, Guangzhou, Harbin, Kunming, Seoul, Xiamen, Xian

From Ningbo: Beijing, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Qingdao, Shenyang, Taipei, Wuhan, Zhengzhou

From Xiamen: Beijing, Chengdu, Kunming, Nanjing, Shanghai

From Shenyang: Guangzhou, Hefei, Nanjing, Ningbo, Qingdao, Shanghai, Wuxi, Xian

From Sanya: Beijing, Chengdu, Kunming, Nanjing, Shanghai, Wuhan, Xian

From Hong Kong: Beijing, Kunming, Nanjing, Shanghai, Wuhan, Xian

From Singapore: Beijing, Dalian, Hangzhou, Kunming, Nanchang, Nanjing, Shanghai, Wuhan, Xian

From Urumqi: Beijing, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Shanghai, Taiyuan, Wuhan, Xian, Yining

From Jinan: Chongqing, Guangzhou, Kunming, Nanchang, Shanghai, Wuhan, Yinchuan

From Bangkok: Beijing, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Kunming, Nanjing, Shanghai, Wuhan

From Lanzhou: Beijing, Changchun, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Shanghai

From Changsha: Beijing, Chengdu, Harbin, Nanjing, Qingdao, Shanghai, Xian

From Hefei: Beijing, Changchun, Chengdu, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Qingdao, Shenyang, Yinchuan

From Fuzhou: Kunming, Qingdao, Shanghai

From Kuala Lumpur: Beijing, Dalian, Hangzhou, Kunming, Nanjing, Wuhan, Xian

From Nanchang: Beijing, Jinan, Shanghai, Singapore

From Haikou: Beijing, Kunming, Shanghai, Taiyuan, Wuhan, Xian

From Yantai: Hangzhou, Seoul, Shanghai

From Xining: Beijing, Chengdu, Golmud, Shanghai, Wuhan

From Tokyo: Beijing, Shanghai

From Shantou: Guilin, Nanjing, Shanghai

From Zhengzhou: Kunming, Shanghai

From Hanoi: Kunming, Nanjing, Shanghai

From Vientiane: Kunming

From Tianjin: Chengdu, Shanghai, Xian

From Taipei: Nanjing, Ningbo, Qingdao, Shanghai, Wuhan

From Guiyang: Beijing, Nanjing, Shanghai, Wuhan, Xian

From Changchun: Beijing, Hefei, Jinan, Lanzhou, Nanjing, Shanghai

From Zhanjiang: Beijing, Kunming, Shanghai, Wuhan

From Changzhou: Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Taiyuan, Xiamen

From Macau: Beijing, Shanghai

From Tengchong: Kunming

From Chiang Mai: Kunming, Shanghai

From Lijiang: Guangzhou, Kunming, Shanghai

From Ho Chi Minh City: Hangzhou, Nanjing, Shanghai

From Yanji: Qingdao, Seoul, Shanghai

From Moscow: Beijing, Shanghai

From Weihai: Seoul, Shanghai

From Jinjiang: Kunming, Shanghai

From Beihai: Shanghai

From Osaka: Shanghai

From Yiwu: Kunming, Shanghai

From London: Shanghai

From Jiayuguan: Beijing, Shanghai

Showing the 60 origin cities with the most flights.

Main airports

Where China Eastern departs from most often and the share of its flights at each airport

1,230 flights a week, 106 destinations
840 flights a week, 39 destinations
757 flights a week, 37 destinations
596 flights a week, 26 destinations
383 flights a week, 23 destinations
305 flights a week, 25 destinations
295 flights a week, 18 destinations

Fleet

Aircraft types in the schedule and their share of flights

Airbus A320 NEO 24%
2,234 flights a week
Airbus A321 22%
2,114 flights a week
Boeing 737-800 18%
1,692 flights a week
Airbus A320 17%
1,594 flights a week
Boeing 737 6%
538 flights a week
Airbus A330-200 4%
399 flights a week
Airbus A330-300 3%
272 flights a week
Airbus A319 2%
159 flights a week
Airbus A350-900 2%
149 flights a week
Boeing 777-300ER 1%
140 flights a week
Boeing 787-900 1%
134 flights a week
Boeing 787 under 1%
21 flights a week

Timetable: the most frequent flights

One flight per main route, departure and arrival in local time

FlightDepartsArrivesDurationDaysAircraft
MU 5099
China Eastern
07:00 Shanghai Hongqiao International, terminal 2
09:20 Beijing Capital International, terminal 2
2h 20m
Daily
Airbus A330-200
MU 5810
China Eastern
08:15 Shanghai Hongqiao International, terminal 2
11:25 Kunming Changshui International
3h 10m
Daily
Boeing 737-800
MU 2152
China Eastern
08:15 Shanghai Hongqiao International, terminal 2
10:45 Xianyang International, terminal 5
2h 30m
Daily
MU 9195
China Eastern
09:35 Shanghai Hongqiao International, terminal 2
12:35 Chongqing Jiangbei International, terminal 3
3h
Daily
MU 9197
China Eastern
07:40 Shanghai Hongqiao International, terminal 2
11:10 , terminal 2
3h 30m
Daily
MU 2504
China Eastern
06:45 Shanghai Pudong International, terminal 1
08:55 Wuhan Tianhe International, terminal 3
2h 10m
Daily
Boeing 737-800
MU 5593
China Eastern
09:45 Shanghai Pudong International, terminal 1
11:10 Qingdao Jiaodong International
1h 25m
Daily
Airbus A320 NEO
MU 2102
China Eastern
08:00
10:05 Xianyang International, terminal 5
2h 5m
Daily
Airbus A321
MU 5609
China Eastern
08:00 Shanghai Pudong International, terminal 1
10:50 Harbin Taiping International
2h 50m
Daily
Boeing 737-800
MU 2401
China Eastern
10:50 Shanghai Pudong International, terminal 1
13:25 Taiyuan Wusu International, terminal 2
2h 35m
Daily
Boeing 737-800
MU 5339
China Eastern
13:00 Shanghai Hongqiao International, terminal 2
15:40 Shenzhen Bao'an International
2h 40m
Daily
Airbus A330-200
MU 2303
China Eastern
07:00 Xianyang International, terminal 5
09:40 Guangzhou Baiyun International, terminal 3
2h 40m
Daily
Airbus A321

Frequently asked questions

Where does China Eastern fly?
The schedule lists 135 cities in 42 countries on 684 routes. Busiest: Shanghai - Beijing (154 flights a week), Shanghai - Kunming (105 flights a week), Shanghai - Xian (63 flights a week), Shanghai - Chongqing (77 flights a week), Shanghai - Chengdu (49 flights a week).
What aircraft does China Eastern fly?
12 aircraft types in the schedule. Share of flights: Airbus A320 NEO (24%), Airbus A321 (22%), Boeing 737-800 (18%), Airbus A320 (17%), Boeing 737 (6%).
Which airports does China Eastern fly from?
Most departures: Shanghai Pudong International (1,230 flights a week); Shanghai Hongqiao International (840 flights a week); Kunming Changshui International (757 flights a week); Xianyang International (596 flights a week).
Is China Eastern part of an airline alliance?
By our data, China Eastern is not a member of Star Alliance, SkyTeam or oneworld.
Is China Eastern a low-cost airline?
No, China Eastern is listed as a full-service carrier.
What is the airline code of China Eastern?
IATA code: MU. Flight numbers start with MU, for example MU 5099.