In order to facilitate outbound travel and grasp more market shares in Hubei Province, China Eastern Airlines' Wuhan Co. started to launch Wuhan-Shanghai-Osaka route since Dec 26, which will be the subsidiary's third international routes to Japan.

The daily Wuhan-Shanghai-Osaka service will be offered on a Boeing 737-800 aircraft. Flight MU2691 is scheduled to take off from Wuhan Tianhe International Airport at 2:45 pm and arrive in Osaka at 8:35 pm, with a stopover at Shanghai Pudong International Airport from 4:15 pm to 5:15 pm. While the return flight MU2692 will leave Osaka at 10:30 am and land in Wuhan at 2:20 pm, with a stopover in Shanghai from 11:45 am to 12:45 pm. (all local time).

Currently, China Eastern Wuhan operates two Japanese services, with seven flights to Fukuoka and four flights to Shizuoka.