China Eastern Airlines has ordered 25 Airbus A330neo widebody jets, marking Airbus's first major long-haul order from a Chinese carrier since last year. The deal, valued at an estimated US$9.35 billion before discounts, aims to reduce fuel costs and expand the airline's international network, pending Chinese authority approval for deliveries between 2029 and 2033.
Alibaba's Qwen app is opening its ecosystem to third-party agents, with KFC, Luckin Coffee, Mixue Group, and China Eastern Airlines among the first to test the feature. Users can interact with these agents for services like ordering food or planning travel.
The China Eastern Airlines plane that crashed into a hillside in 2022, killing all 132 people on board, had its fuel supply cut mid-flight, newly released investigative material shows, which bolsters the theory that the aircraft was intentionally brought down. While China still has yet to release a final report on the accident, findings released by the US National Transportation Safety Board this month show that levers controlling the flow of fuel to the jet’s engines were switched to the...
China Eastern Airlines has apologised after an Airbus A350-900 aircraft struck a boarding bridge while taxiing to its gate at Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport. The flight from Chengdu experienced a mechanical malfunction resulting in a minor collision. All passengers were safe and disembarked in an orderly manner. The airline is investigating the cause of the incident.
Alibaba's Qwen app has partnered with China Eastern Airlines in its first external collaboration, enabling users to complete full flight booking processes – from search and seat selection to check-in – through a natural-language chat interface. The deal marks a significant expansion of Alibaba's agentic AI capabilities beyond its own ecosystem into real-world services, supporting the company's massive AI investment strategy. Alibaba pledged 380 billion yuan ($55.6 billion) to AI and cloud over three years in early 2025.
