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
Japan Airlines reported an increase in its second-quarter earnings, amid an uplift in revenue across its business units and despite a rise in operating costs.
HAECO and Comac have signed a memorandum of understanding to expand airframe, engine and component MRO services.
ANA Holdings has maintained its full-year earnings forecast amid strong inbound and domestic passenger travel demand, even as its half-year profit slipped.
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has tentatively awarded 10 hotly contested slots for long-distance domestic flights out of Ronald Reagan National airport in Washington, DC.
British Airways has pushed back its planned return to Kuala Lumpur until April as part of a trimming of its winter long-haul flight programme due to delivery delays particularly impacting its Rolls-Royce Trent 1000-powered Boeing 787s.
Delta Air Lines plans next summer to resume flights from Los Angeles to Shanghai and to launch a route from Minneapolis to Copenhagen, part of the airline’s broader network shuffle.
