Passenger Fleet
China Eastern Airlines is an important customer of Airbus. It was the first Chinese carrier to have ordered from the manufacturer. The backbone of the fleet is the A320 series, which are primarily used for domestic flights. In 2005, China Eastern Airlines placed an order for 15 Boeing 787 Dreamliners. However, the airline have cancelled its order owing to the program's continuous delays and switch to Boeing 737 Next Generation. On 18 October 2011, China Eastern Airlines placed an order for 15 Airbus A330.
On 27 April, 2012, China Eastern Airlines ordered 20 Boeing 777-300ERs from Boeing, pending government approval. Meanwhile it will phase out all five of its Airbus A340-600s.
China Eastern Airlines's fleet includes the following aircraft (as of November 21, 2012):
| Aircraft | Total | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||||
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| P | J | Y | Total | |||||
| Airbus A300-600R |
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— | — | 24 | 250 |
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To be phased out | |
| Airbus A319-100 |
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— | 8 | 114 |
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| Airbus A320-200 |
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— | 8 | 150 |
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New order on the 23rd Nov .Delivery 2014-2017 | |
| Airbus A321-200 |
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— | 20 | 157 |
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| Airbus A330-200 |
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— | 10 | 240 |
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| Airbus A330-300 |
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— | 38 | 260 |
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| Airbus A340-600 |
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— | 8 | 42 | 272 |
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To be phased out | |
| Boeing 737-300 |
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— | — | 8 | 120 |
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To be replaced by A320 family and 737 NG | |
| Boeing 737-700 |
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— | — | 8 | 126 |
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| Boeing 737-800 |
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— | 8 | 162 |
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| Boeing 777-300ER | — |
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TBA | Replacing A340-600 | ||||
| Bombardier CRJ200 |
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— | — | — | 50 |
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| COMAC C919 | — |
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TBA | |||||
| Embraer ERJ 145 |
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— | — | — | 50 |
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| Total | 302 | 165 | ||||||
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