After the China Eastern Airlines MU5735 flight accident on March 21, China Eastern Airlines announced the grounding of all its Boeing 737-800 passenger aircraft (click here to review previous reports), including China Eastern Airlines, Shanghai Airlines , China United Airlines A total of 224 aircraft.
Reporters noticed that China Eastern Airlines resumed commercial operations of Boeing 737-800 today after being grounded for nearly a month. The first flight to resume operations was MU5843, which took off from Kunming Changshui International Airport at around 10 a.m. this morning and landed at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport an hour later.
The aircraft flew return flight MU5844 around 13:00, taking off from Chengdu Shuangliu and landing in Changshui, Kunming at 14:12.
This China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 is flying from Kunming to Chengdu. It also made an adaptive flight in Kunming on the morning of April 16. You can see the flight number of MU200 on the flight chart. It took off at 9:58. Landed at 11:06.
According to data from Feichangzhun APP, the registration number of the aircraft operating the flight is B-207L, and the aircraft is 3.4 years old. It is understood that the aircraft was introduced by China Eastern Airlines Yunnan Company on November 9, 2018.
Eastern Airlines Yunnan Co., Ltd. is a holding subsidiary of China Eastern Airlines Co., Ltd. Its predecessor was Yunnan Airlines, which was established in July 1992. Its main operating base is located in Kunming City, Yunnan Province. Currently, the company operates nearly 100 aircraft.
China Eastern Airlines Yunnan Company Aircraft Data Map | Qinling
Reporters inquired about today’s flight schedule at Changzhun Kunming Airport. Currently, most of China Eastern Airlines’ takeoff and landing flights still use Boeing 737-700 and Airbus A320 series.
