China Eastern Airlines plans to launch two new services in March.
It will launch a twice weekly Wenzhou-Bangkok service on 7 March, and a four times weekly Kunming-Changsha-Linyi service on 31 March, says the carrier.
It will use Boeing 737-700 and -800 aircraft on the Kunming-Changsha-Linyi and Wenzhou-Bangkok route respectively.
Innovata schedules show that China Eastern will be the only operator on the Wenzhou-Bangkok and Changsha-Linyi routes.
Source: Air Transport Intelligence news
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