China Eastern, Korean Air sign new code-share accord

China Eastern Airlines and Korean Air recently signed a code-share agreement starting June 1. The two airlines have an existing agreement on air routes Shanghai-Busan and Shanghai-Cheongju. The new agreement allows the airlines to code-share on the routes Shanghai-Seoul, Beijing-Seoul, Qingdao-Seoul, Weihai-Seoul and Changhai-Seoul. This will increase the traffic under the jurisdiction of the code-share agreements to seven air routes, 160 code-share flights per week from two air routes, and 36 code-share flights each week.