Hi everyone welcome to another trip report this time i will be taking china eastern to and from changsha during the christmas and new year holiday period and first time taking the A320Neo despite taking mainly A320 aircraft. China eastern is the only airline to fly to changsha on wednesday ,friday and sunday schedule and it continue on to yantai china in shandong province after stopover in changsha in hunan province and it also using the A320 neo on this route other than B737 800 to kunming and wuhan and widebody aircraft such as A330, B777 300Er and A350900 as well as shanghai airlines livery B787 9 to shanghai.
Flight routing
- 1MU 2046 singapore (SIN) to Changsha (csx ) A320 Neo
- 2MU 2045 csx to sin A320 Neo
Few days prior to departure i check which a320 Neo aircraft that is operating my ride to changsha and turnout to be B 32AD (Bravo 32 alpha delta) a 2 year old A320 NEO it powered by 2 CFM engines and made multiple domestic routes in china before making its way down to singapore via changsha china as MU2045 later that evening


Check in at changi airport terminal 3
China eastern uses check in counter row 10 of changi airport termianal 3 which is the same teriminal as other skyteam airline such as garuda indonesia ,china airlines ,vietnam airlines and saudia on the day of departure my family and i arrived at changi airport terminal 3 around 11.20PM before meeting up with my tour leader for my zhangjiajie trip and queueing up to check in for a flight to changsha it took about 15 minutes to check in our lugguage and reccieve boarding pass for our flight and proceded to the departures area of changi airport terminal 3 the immigration clearance took about 1 minute thanks to the passportless immigration clearance which uses only facial recognition

we spent 2 hours in the transit area before heading to gate A12 which is the same gate that i took singapore airlines A350 900 to hongkong back in april 2024 . Security take place at the gate before entering the holding area and here comes my ride arriving from yantai via changsha as MU2045 and making a turnaround back to yantai via changsha as mu2046
Aircraft A320 NEO
Aircraft Registration B32AD (Bravo 32 Alpha delta)
Made in tianjin china delivered to china eastern on 16 december 2022 and entered into service 21 december 2022 (Age 2 years old) powered by 2 cfm engine
Estimated flight time 4 hours and 10 minutes
Actual flight time 4 hours and 6 minutes




boarding was called in orderly manner and proceded down the jetbridge to board the A320Neo we walk past the business class cabin comprising a row of 8 seats onboard and 150 seats for economy and the seats is quite new which can be found on the comac C919 aircaft there are no personal inflight entertainment screens but a magazine and safety card holder at the front of the screen despite most inflight entertainment on narrow body aircaft uses drop down screen.

and the nice window view of my seat 48A

the cabin lights were dimmed and the drop down screen played the safety video of the A320NEO in mandrain chinnese followed by english version before pushing back for takeoff i soon fell asleep after the safety video

2 hours later after takeoff i woke up and saw the nice sunrise in the sky while the dropdown screen showing movies onboard and breakfast was served shortly and the only option is fish with rice

the fish with rice taste good along with the appetizer slice ham with corn and kidney beans and fruit try as well as bottle of water and a bread roll shortly after drinks trolley came by to my seat and go for the Pu er tea which goes nice with the window view



we landed in changsha huanghua airport around 8 40 am with 40 minutes delay from the schduled arrival time of 8 am majority of the passenger got off at changsha and few passenger continue on to yantai china in shandong province. The immigration clearance took about 5 minutes and completed the arrival card early instead of filing up the arrival card before clearing immigration and collected my suitcase after clearing immigration while waiting for most of my tourmates before meeting my tour guide for the zhangjiajie trip this is quite a good expreince to try out the a320 neo and hope to ride the a320 neo in the future merry christmas and see you on the next trip report

