Travellers checking in at China Eastern Airlines' self check-in kiosks at Beijing Capital International Airport on Tuesday, August 25, 2020. Photo: Bloomberg
Travellers checking in at China Eastern Airlines' self check-in kiosks at Beijing Capital International Airport on Tuesday, August 25, 2020. Photo: Bloomberg

China Eastern gets a 31 billion yuan cash bailout from the state to keep it operating as Covid-19 pandemic grounds global airlines

  • A subsidiary of state-owned China Life Insurance will inject 11 billion yuan into China Eastern Airline, while Shanghai Jiushi Group, another state company, will inject 10 billion yuan
  • China Reform Holdings Corporation and China Tourism Group, both state-owned entities, will inject 5 billion yuan each

Travellers checking in at China Eastern Airlines' self check-in kiosks at Beijing Capital International Airport on Tuesday, August 25, 2020. Photo: Bloomberg
Travellers checking in at China Eastern Airlines' self check-in kiosks at Beijing Capital International Airport on Tuesday, August 25, 2020. Photo: Bloomberg
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