After receiving approval from the State Council of China, it was announced that on 2 September 2007 Singapore Airlines and Temasek Holdings (holding company which owns 55% of Singapore Airlines) would jointly acquire shares of China Eastern Airlines.
Nakon odobrenja Vlade 2. rujna 2007. je objavljeno da Singapore Airlines i Temasek Holdings (koji posjeduje 55% udjela u Singapore Airlinesu) preuzimaju 24% udjela u China Easternu.