China Eastern Takes Delivery of Its Fourth 777-300ER Aircraft

China Eastern Airlines took delivery of its 4th of 20 Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, Registration B-2005, in Shanghai.


On the afternoon of Dec. 18, China Eastern Airlines took delivery of its fourth of 20 Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, Registration B-2005, in Shanghai.

China Eastern's first 777-300ER touched down at Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) on Sep. 26, and began to operate long-haul daily service to New York route from Nov. 15.

The 777-300ER features three distinct cabins with 316 seats including 6 first class suits, 52 business class seats in a 1-2-1 configuration and 258 economy seats in a 3-4-3 configuration.

The Shanghai-based carrier has ordered 20 777-300ERs and it is scheduled to receive five more ones in 2015. By 2018, all deliveries of the 20 777-300ERs will be completed.

With the 20 777-300ERs to be delivered in the following years, the carrier plans to have all its North American routes flown with the aircraft, open new routes to North America and also boost frequencies on existing routes from Shanghai to Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Vancouver and Toronto
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