Collinson has expanded its partnership with China Eastern Airlines, where 24 of the airline’s airport lounges in Mainland China have been added to the Priority Pass network.
Of the 24 newly added airport lounges to the Priority Pass network, 20 are live as of today.
These lounges offer a variety of unique experiences that reflects the local culture and tradition of the city in which the airport lounge is present. For example, visitors can immerse themselves in cultural experiences such as local folk culture exhibits, traditional festival treats and tea art performances. They can also experience a taste of local delights such as the highly-acclaimed “MU Noodles”, as well as traditional Yunnan and Sichuan cuisine. For travellers visiting the China Eastern Airlines No 101 lounge at Shanghai Pudong International Airport, they can also enjoy a view from the outdoor platform facing the tarmac.
These new additions complement the current China Eastern Airlines-operated lounge at Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport, which was made available to the Priority Pass network last year.
The expanded partnership comes just as the travel market in Mainland China continues to recover at pace. China’s domestic travel is expected to return to pre-pandemic levels this year, as evidenced by the recent May Day holiday, where 295 million domestic trips were made – an uptick of 28.2 per cent versus the same period in 2019. Inbound travel volumes are expected to recover to 50 per cent of 2019 levels in 2025, while Chinese outbound travel volumes are expected to return to pre-pandemic levels next year.
A recent Collinson consumer insights report revealed that airport lounge access is the number one most desirable travel benefit at the airport – 65 per cent of travellers in Mainland China feel valued as a customer when they are given access to an airport lounge.
To date, Priority Pass has a network of more than 550 airport lounges and travel experiences in Asia Pacific, and over 1,500 globally across the world’s major travel zones.
