Company data sheet · China Eastern Airlines
China Eastern Airlines: left behind by its peers.
- Industry
- Air Transportation, Scheduled
- Headquarters
- China
- Sources
- SEC filings (2002–2023), Stratrix's verified Decision Cases, market data and official economic statistics for China
- Data as of
- October 18, 2026
- Left behind by its peers. From 2016 to 2021, its revenue shrank 30% in US dollars; the median among 95 large transportation and utility companies grew 17%. It outgrew only 9% of them.
- Still smaller than it was. Revenue reached CN¥67.1 billion in 2021, 45% below its 2019 peak of CN¥121 billion.
Financial results
| Fiscal year | Revenue | Net income | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | CN¥98.9 billion | CN¥4.5 billion | |
| 2017 | CN¥102 billion | CN¥6.3 billion | |
| 2018 | CN¥115 billion | CN¥2.7 billion | |
| 2019 | CN¥121 billion | CN¥3.2 billion | |
| 2020 | CN¥58.7 billion | −CN¥11.8 billion | |
| 2021 | CN¥67.1 billion | −CN¥12.2 billion |
As reported in its annual filings, in CNY. Losses in red.
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- Economic context: 3 measures for China, every year since 2016, from the official sources.
- Peer comparison: against 123 companies of its size in its sector.
- Financial results: ten years of revenue, operating and net income, and every annual report, linked.
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