Starting from July 17, passengers traveling between China and the US on connecting flights operated by China Eastern and Delta Airlines and transiting at Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) can check in their baggage directly to their final destination in the two countries.
Passengers can simply customs clearance and board their onward flight at PVG, without the hassle of collecting and rechecki ng their luggage.
The connecting procedure, known as "TransChina," is available on all flights between the US and 96 cities in China via PVG operated by Delta, China Eastern and its subsidiary Shanghai Airlines, including Delta code-share services. Currently, the two airlines operate 260 code-share flights per week.
