China Eastern Airlines Flight Delay and Cancellation Compensation

China Eastern Airlines

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China Eastern Airlines Flight Delays Compensation

When your international flight with China Eastern Airlines is delayed, there is a chance that you’re eligible for a compensation. But because China Eastern Airlines is not a European airline, this applies only to their flights departing from Europe, not to flights leaving from out of Europe and arriving in Europe.

Why can you hope for a compensation in these cases? Because the EU Regulation 261/2004 (EC261 in short) protects your passenger rights. The airline (probably) hasn’t told you about those - few airlines do, especially non-EU airlines.

So next time your flight from Europe with China Eastern Airlines is delayed, take the time to verify whether you’re eligible: you may get up to 600€ from the airline. Just fill out our calculator and you will know in less than 3 minutes what you can hope for!

China Eastern Airlines On-Time Performance

The tab below provides specific data regarding the airline's on-time performance. It includes the amount of flights operated by the airline each month, which portion of these flight arrived on time (i.e with less than 15 minutes delay), which portion consists of delayed flights, and the average delay of their flights in minutes. Source: Flightstats.com

Number of flights

On-time (<15 min delay)

Delayed (15+ min late)

Average delay (in min)

Average

63694.9

69.6%

30.4%

58.33

Dec 2018

64573

76.04%

23.96%

50.30

Nov 2018

63390

75.35%

24.65%

53.50

Oct 2018

65153

75.51%

24.49%

43.00

Sep 2018

62583

69.75%

30.25%

58.10

Aug 2018

66791

59.59%

40.41%

73.90

Jul 2018

66230

61.41%

38.59%

72.50

Jun 2018

61478

69.09%

30.91%

59.70

May 2018

63254

68.65%

31.35%

64.90

Apr 2018

61796

67.48%

32.52%

56.00

Mar 2018

61701

73.13%

26.87%

51.40

On-time Performance Rating: 1.8 Second largest airline in China, China Eastern Airlines’ on-time performance is very similar to that of the China Southern: over 30% of their flights arrived late on average in 2018 and the average delay is close to an hour. As a result, China Eastern Airlines ranks among the worst-performing ones for their punctuality.

China Eastern Airlines Flight Cancellation Compensation

Just like delays, the cancellation of your flight may get you between 250 and 600€. Once again, EC261 protects you when this happens to your flight from Europe with China Eastern Airlines.

Keep in mind that the EU law is slightly more complicated than with delays. The exact amount varies according to more factors, including the length of the delay for example. Also, your eligibility depends on when (or if) the airline warned you about the cancellation.

The easiest option for you is to fill out our Calculator. It will give you a clearer idea of what kind of compensation you can hope for.

China Eastern Airlines and Compensation Claim Processing

We do not have enough data at this time to rate the claim processing performance of China Eastern Airlines.

Have you ever had a delayed flight with China Eastern Airlines in the past 5 years? Check out if you’re eligible to compensation! The airline may owe you up to 600€: it takes less than 3 minutes to find out!

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