On February 20, China Eastern Airlines and Taiwan's Eva Air jointly launched a "through check-in" service which exempts passengers from complicated procedures when flying to Taiwan from the Chinese mainland.

The service enables passengers to finish all procedures when checking in at the departing airport, so that they needn't check-in again when transferring at Hong Kong or Macau, which can save them up to 30 minutes.

The service is available in 14 cities on the Chinese mainland, including Shanghai, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Nanjing and Wuxi, and three cities in Taiwan, which are Taipei, Kaohsiung and Taichung.

China Eastern will expand cooperation with more carriers such as Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways.