China Eastern Becomes Third Major Airline to Pull Its Flights From Qunar
Skift Take
Ctrip didn't realize the extent of the problem it would inherit with its acquisition of Qunar given the latter's disputes with China's largest airlines. The direct-booking wars are acute in China, where the government has called on the airlines to sell half of their tickets on their own websites by 2018.
China Eastern Airlines joined the other two members of the Big Three carriers, China Southern and Air China, in dropping out of Ctrip-controlled booking site Qunar because of customer complaints about irregular bookings on the site.
The major Chinese airlines' boycott of Qunar, according to South China Morning Post, takes place as some carriers, including China Southern, eliminated commissions for agents such as Qunar, and are pushing
