{"id":141057,"date":"2026-09-30T07:12:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T10:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluestudio.estadao.com.br\/agencia-de-comunicacao\/releases\/releases-geral\/china-eastern-airlines-showcases-developments-in-digital-intelligent-technologies-at-4th-cata-aviation-conference\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T07:12:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T10:12:00","slug":"china-eastern-airlines-showcases-developments-in-digital-intelligent-technologies-at-4th-cata-aviation-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluestudio.estadao.com.br\/agencia-de-comunicacao\/releases\/releases-geral\/china-eastern-airlines-showcases-developments-in-digital-intelligent-technologies-at-4th-cata-aviation-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"China Eastern Airlines Showcases Developments in Digital, Intelligent Technologies at 4th CATA Aviation Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SHANGHAI, Sept.  30, 2026  (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; China Eastern Airlines (CEAir) showcased its developments in digital and intelligent technologies across operations support, passenger services, aircraft maintenance, and air cargo at the Fourth CATA Aviation Conference &amp; Exhibition, held in Beijing in late September by the China Air Transport Association (CATA).<\/p>\n<p><a data-type=\"gnw-snippetgallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=gnexKX42xctU-FQCxDmdCGP-Dnk1oYalN00SmbA0EpIdIPc2UOmv_FLhrMDOgBuWpoANO_K5-D69ZNorf1BoAeY0VO6qEbm0vMQxBFyElLM=\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"China Eastern Airlines Showcases Developments in Digital, Intelligent Technologies at 4th CATA Aviation Conference: China Eastern Airlines Showcases Developments in Digital, Intelligent Technologies at 4th CATA Aviation Conference\" data-mce-style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/ml.globenewswire.com\/Resource\/Download\/412cf1ab-3912-4d1c-a7c6-ab41ffe7cb7b\/1-ceair.jpg\" style=\"display:block;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" data-dpi=\"220\" data-caption=\"CEAir showcases developments in digital, intelligent technologies.\" data-filename=\"1 CEAir.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=dYpK3RbDswFSQKxsllFS08q1rxYt1erwPBYEYOnaENRxhe804flCDMaGG-rR_FoYoE5SB3btnbVMr3CX8yWtRBAc1x64yNZYk5Wg4MpINX4OXwsUftP4ZViO2UuhYi5YnaG2h3xRjLuf2B2WVDej3uGE6WYVeP8MryQ0rozG_vdAl_modnyQ58w43d5g0C1acH4wjUkk5ua5IIozlmMHIMITpkdymz8oEsMOOeeHzFg=\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">A Media Snippet accompanying this announcement is available by clicking on this link.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>At its exhibition booth, the airline presented its applications of AI in civil aviation through physical prototypes, equipment models, multimedia displays, interactive demonstrations, and livestreaming.<\/p>\n<p>An AI-powered flexible robotic arm system for meal arrangement was a major highlight in the smart in-flight catering section. Its adaptive end effectors can flexibly grasp and precisely place food items of different types and forms, enabling the automated arrangement of in-flight meals.<\/p>\n<p>A service robot, a baggage-handling robot, and a four-legged robot for transfer guidance, developed by the airline and equipped with large-model capabilities, were displayed in the smart passenger services section.<\/p>\n<p>The airline also demonstrated its self-developed AI-powered network management platform, which lets visitors view the real-time locations of CEAir wide-body aircraft worldwide and the satellites they use for in-flight internet connectivity.<\/p>\n<p>Air-ground connectivity is a key area of CEAir&#8217;s digital and intelligent development drive. Since July 2026, the airline has provided complimentary in-flight Wi-Fi on all its wide-body aircraft flights, making it one of the first major airlines in the world to offer in-flight Wi-Fi as a standard service available to all passengers.<\/p>\n<p>Other digital and intelligent upgrades on display included smart equipment for fresh-food cold-chain logistics, autonomous baggage tractors, modular hangars, and digital terminals.<\/p>\n<p>CEAir&#8217;s operations of the C919 aircraft also drew considerable attention.<\/p>\n<p>Its C919 fleet has grown to 17 aircraft so far, operating 23 key routes connecting 14 cities. The fleet has completed more than 30,000 commercial flights and carried over 4 million passengers.<\/p>\n<p>At the event&#8217;s opening ceremony, CEAir&#8217;s project on key technologies for large-scale C919 operations won second prize in the 2025 sci-tech awards in civil aviation.<\/p>\n<p>With a global route network covering 945 destinations in 145 countries and regions and a modern fleet comprising more than 850 aircraft, the airline can serve 150 million passengers annually.<\/p>\n<p>Website: http:\/\/www.ceair.com\/<\/p>\n<p>Contact: Caowei<\/p>\n<p>Email: ceapr@ceair.com<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"__GNW8366DE3E__IMG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/newsroom\/ti?nf=OTgzNjgyNyM3ODcxMjk4IzUwMDE2ODYyNg==\" \/> <br \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ml.globenewswire.com\/media\/NTc3Zjg2ZmItZjUzZi00YWQ5LWJjYmQtZTAzOTEyZWNiZGQ3LTUwMDE2ODYyNi0yMDI2LTA5LTMwLWVu\/tiny\/CEAir.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A <b>OESP<\/b> nao e(sao) responsavel(is) por erros, incorrecoes, atrasos ou quaisquer decisoes tomadas por seus clientes com base nos Conteudos ora disponibilizados, bem como tais Conteudos nao representam a opiniao da <b>OESP<\/b> e sao de inteira responsabilidade da <b>GlobeNewswire<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SHANGHAI, Sept.  30, 2026  (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; China Eastern Airlines (CEAir) showcased its developments in digital and intelligent technologies across operations support,","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-141057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-releases-geral"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluestudio.estadao.com.br\/agencia-de-comunicacao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluestudio.estadao.com.br\/agencia-de-comunicacao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluestudio.estadao.com.br\/agencia-de-comunicacao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluestudio.estadao.com.br\/agencia-de-comunicacao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluestudio.estadao.com.br\/agencia-de-comunicacao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bluestudio.estadao.com.br\/agencia-de-comunicacao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141057\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluestudio.estadao.com.br\/agencia-de-comunicacao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluestudio.estadao.com.br\/agencia-de-comunicacao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluestudio.estadao.com.br\/agencia-de-comunicacao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}