China Eastern Commence Shanghai To Brisbane Services

by Zac George
an airplane at an airport

China Eastern Airlines have today commenced their new Shanghai to Brisbane service. This is the first service in the Queensland region and 3rd in Australia for the airline.

The new route will bring an additional 18,000 Chinese visitors per year. The Chinese market is the second largest for Brisbane; the airport has experienced a 19 percent growth this year and estimates the number will rapidly rise.

an airplane at an airport

China Eastern A330-200 In Brisbane

MU715/6 will be operated by an A330-200 on the route that houses 24 angled flat business class seats configured at 2-2-2 and 220 economy seats in a 2-4-2 configuration. MU715 will depart Shanghai at 9:35 pm local time and arrive into Brisbane at 10:05 local time. MU716 departs Brisbane at 12:05 pm local time and arrive at Shanghai’s Pudong International airport at 8:00 pm local time.

Both the airline and airport put on an inaugural ceremony and I was lucky enough to attend. Here are some photos of the event:

a group of people cutting a red ribbon

Ribbon Cutting

The service will operate every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday although the airline did they would like to go daily in the future.

With the partnership with Qantas, passengers traveling on the China Eastern service will be able to earn Qantas points and status credits.

a group of women wearing uniforms

China Eastern cabin crew

The event was well put together and was great to photograph.

a red cake with a model of an airplane on top

Cake

 

a group of people in clothing

Dragon dance

 

a group of people playing drums

Dragon dance

 

a group of men with painted skin and a bow

Aboriginal dance

 

a group of women in uniform holding model airplanes

Gift giving

 

a group of people standing in front of a sign

Koala patting

 

a group of women holding koalas

 

a group of people standing next to a large cake

Cake cutting

 

a group of people standing around a counter

Passengers boarding

 

a sign in a building

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