China Eastern Airlines has applied for traffic rights on the Chengdu-Irkutsk route.
The carrier plans to launch daily services using Airbus A320 family jets from July.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China is calling for parties with comments to submit them by 25 May.
FlightGlobal schedules data shows that China Eastern will be the only operator on the route.
Source: Cirium Dashboard
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