CHINA EAST AIR (00670) announced its operational data for April 2026. The company's passenger capacity, measured in available seat kilometers (ASK), increased by 0.84% year-on-year. Passenger traffic, measured in revenue passenger kilometers (RPK), saw a year-on-year increase of 3.79%. The passenger load factor reached 87.87%, representing a rise of 2.50 percentage points compared to the same period last year. Cargo and mail traffic, measured in cargo and mail tonne kilometers, increased by 19.10% year-on-year in April 2026.

In April 2026, the company launched new routes, resumed service, and increased flight frequencies across its domestic, international, and regional markets. In the domestic market, new routes included Beijing Daxing-Hami and Qingdao-Urumqi. Service was resumed on routes such as Nanchang-Datong and Wenzhou-Mianyang. Flight frequencies were increased on several key domestic routes, including Shanghai Hongqiao-Kunming, Shanghai Hongqiao-Chengdu Shuangliu, Shanghai Hongqiao-Wuhan, Shanghai Pudong-Shenzhen, Beijing Daxing-Nanchang, Beijing Daxing-Ningbo, Taiyuan-Wuhan, and Kunming-Diqing Shangri-La.

In the international and regional markets, new routes launched included Xi'an-Vienna, Wuhan-Vientiane, and Dalian-Nanchang-Singapore. Service was resumed on the Kunming-Kolkata route. Flight frequencies were increased on international routes such as Shanghai Pudong-Barcelona, Shanghai Pudong-Moscow, Xi'an-Istanbul, Xi'an-Moscow, Wuhan-Bangkok, Hangzhou-Sydney-Auckland, and Nanjing-Taichung.

During April 2026, the company added two aircraft to its fleet, comprising one A320 series aircraft and one C919 aircraft. Two A320 series aircraft were retired. As of the end of April 2026, the company's total operating fleet consisted of 823 aircraft.