Qantas announces closer links with China Eastern

Qantas has announced an increase in its codeshare agreement with China Eastern Airlines between Melbourne and Shanghai, domestically between Nanjing and Beijing and on the Sydney-Nanjing-Beijing route, “We said we would expand Qantas’ Asian network through our airline partnerships and we’re now delivering on that promise,” said Qantas International’s China manager Andrew Hogg. “We are building on our strong relationship with China Eastern to support growing corporate travel and tourism between Australia and China.” From May 1, the extended agreement will take Qantas’s total flights to Asia per week to 130.