China Eastern To Join SkyTeam

China Eastern Airlines Corporation and the SkyTeam Airline Alliance have signed a memorandum of understanding in Shanghai confirming China Eastern's plans to join the SkyTeam Alliance by mid 2011.

KLM Launches Scheduled Service To Hangzhou

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will launch a scheduled service between Amsterdam in the Netherlands and Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport in China on May 8, 2010, becoming the first airline to offer a direct service between Hangzhou and Europe.

China Resumes Fuel Surcharges For Domestic Routes

The National Development and Reform Commission and China's General Administration of Civil Aviation have jointly issued a circular concerning the new policy for collection of fuel surcharges for domestic air routes, saying the fuel surcharge will be linked to airlines' jet fuel costs, and airlines can decide themselves when and how much to collect.