China Eastern to resume Shanghai-Vancouver flights from Sept 25

China Eastern will resume its direct service between Shanghai and Vancouver on September 25, offering twice-weekly flights and expanding its North American routes.

The Shanghai-based airline will also operate direct flights to San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York and Toronto.

Flight MU581 will depart from Shanghai Pudong Airport at 1:20pm and arrive in Vancouver at 9:10am local time, with a flight duration of 10 hours and 50 minutes.

Flight MU582 will leave Vancouver at 12:50pm local time and arrive in Shanghai at 4:15pm the following day, with a total flight duration of approximately 12 hours.

The services will operate on Mondays and Thursdays, with the Airbus A350-900 aircraft outfitted with on-board Wi-Fi, allowing passengers to stay connected during the flight.

Tickets are available on China Eastern's official website, app, and other sales platforms.

The Shanghai-Vancouver route was suspended due to COVID-19 travel restrictions.

After the restrictions were lifted, Chinese carriers gradually resumed flights to Canada.

China Southern will launch two weekly flights from Guangzhou to Vancouver on September 16.

Air China will increase the number of weekly flights between Beijing and Vancouver from one to two and between Beijing and Toronto from two to three, starting August 27.

Together, the three major Chinese airlines will add six additional weekly flights to Canada, bringing the total number of round-trip flights operated by the Chinese mainland carriers to 24 each week.