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chinaeastern06

China Eastern (water-proofed)

A chubby cartoon plane shows how friendly the skies in China are becoming.

Thanks to Timo Korf (2004)

chinaeastern08

China Eastern (poorer printing)

Clearly saving money in the new competitive environment. But they've plastered blue ink all over the reverse of the bag. At least they've managed to get the spelling right.

This bag is made by CZAA - or who am I to disbelieve what it says in the gusset?

Thanks to Dietmar Ebert (2004)

chinaeastern18

China Eastern (water-proofed, LLRY)

Got the spelling right - but had to switch bagmakers to do it. The gusset says this bag is made by "Li Le Rou Yin", www.llry.com. Their phone number, in case you want to order some extra bags while aloft, is 0577-64201628.

Thanks to Piet van der Poel (2007)

chinaeastern07

China Eastern (water-prfooed)

Haha, I wonder how many of these bags they printed before someone spotted the typo?

Thanks to Timo Korf (2004)

chinaeastern13

China Eastern (water-prfooed, off centre)

A creative way for China Eastern to disguise the typo - just fold the bag off centre, and the error disappears into the gusset, where no one but the most painstaking baggist is going to notice it.

"It's just a misprint of chinaeastern07, so doesn't count as a separate bag", I hear you say?

Think again: this bag is significantly thinner than the other one - the gussets open up to only 3 cm, only half the depth of the regular prfooed bag.

And just what is the red streak on the seam?

Thanks to Piet van der Poel (2008)

chinaeastern16

China Eastern (water-prfooed, short stripe)

Here's a quick guide to spotting variants of China Eastern's standard design. Check the following features:

	Spelling of water-proofed (prfooed, prooed)
	Depth of the bag from front to back
	Type of paper
	Length of the blue stripe down the left side
	Height of the small diagonal block at the top of the blue stripe
	Presence and location of the dashes under the "Tear off" notice
	Type in the gusset
	Reverse white or blue.