China United Airlines is a low-cost airline. This is because China United Airlines implements a low-cost airline service model.

Xinhua Beijing, July 2, 2014 (Xinhua Qian Chunqin) -- At Nanyuan Airport, Beijing's second civil airport, China Eastern Airlines Group announced on July 2 that its China United Airlines Co. has officially transformed into a low-cost airline.

The birth of China's first state-owned low-cost carrier announced that China Eastern Airlines has become China's first large-scale air transportation centralized enterprise under the "mixed operation system".

Liu Shaoyong, general manager of China Eastern Airlines Group Corporation and chairman of the company's board of directors, said the comprehensive deepening of reforms in China, an important strategic decision reflects the changes in the central enterprises in the rapid adaptation to the world aviation air transport industry, to promote the marketization of resource allocation, to accelerate the construction of a modern aviation services integrator, a world-class aviation enterprises.

The transformation of China United Airlines marks a new step in the strategic transformation of China Eastern Airlines, which has become the first centralized enterprise to integrate the "traditional full-service business model" and "low-cost business model" into a "mixed business system". It has become the first large-scale air transportation group among central enterprises to integrate the "traditional full-service business model" and "low-cost business model" into a "mixed-industry operation system".

Expanded information:

United Airlines of China ("United Airlines of China"), China's first state-owned low-cost carrier, has since March 29, 2015 Since March 29, 2015, United Airlines of China ("United"), China's first state-owned low-cost carrier, has implemented a low-cost airline service model.

The airline will no longer offer free in-flight meals, checked baggage and economy class seat selection on all flights. Accommodations and meals will no longer be provided on flights delayed due to reasons other than the airline.

According to United Airlines of China, fares will be just one-tenth of the original price if no services are purchased, while the airline is also offering an $8 ticket.

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