EVA Air
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EVA Air (長榮航空 Changrong Hangkong) is an airline based at Chiang Kai-Shek International Airport near Taipei, Taiwan. It is a major Taiwanese airline operating passenger flights to over 40 international destinations, as well as dedicated cargo services.
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History
The airline was established in March 1989 and started operations on 1 July 1991. It was founded by YF Chang as Taiwan's first private international airline. In the mid-90s, EVA Air expanded into the domestic Taiwan market by acquiring shares in Makung International Airlines, followed by Great China Airlines and Taiwan Airways. On 1 July 1998, all three carriers, as well as EVA's existing domestic operations, merged under the UNI Air title.
EVA Air is primarily owned by the Evergreen Group, a large shipping company. True to its Evergreen name, aircraft are painted in a green livery. It has 5,089 employees (at December 2005). EVA is not part of an airline alliance. It has broad cooperative service arrangements with Air Canada, All Nippon Airways, American Airlines, America West Airlines, Continental Airlines, and QANTAS, as well as joint-venture agreement with Air New Zealand. It also has cargo agreements with British Airways and Lufthansa. Its main competitor is China Airlines.
EVA Air was the launch customer for Boeing's 777-200LR in June 2000. At the same time, the airline ordered four Boeing 777-300ERs. In January 2001, EVA Air ordered its first Airbus. In the summer of 2004, EVA Air converted its remaining 8 options for Boeing 777-300ERs into firm orders. The first Boeing 777-300ER, with registration B-16701(see below for image), entered service in July 2005. The airline is rumoured to be the launch customer of the Boeing 777 Freighter, the cargo version of the Boeing 777-200LR.
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Services
Fleet
The EVA Air fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of December 2005):
- 10 Airbus A330-200 (1 on Order)
- 9 Boeing 747-400 Combi
- 6 Boeing 747-400
- 3 Boeing 747-400F
- 2 Boeing 767-300ER (To Be Retired in 2006)
- 0 Boeing 777-200LR (3 on Order)
- 2 Boeing 777-300ER (10 on Order)
- 14 Boeing MD-11 (3 Leased from World Airways)
- 5 Boeing MD-90-30 (5 Leased from UNI Air)
Code-Shares
EVA Air has code-share agreements with the following carriers:
- Air Canada
- Air New Zealand (To be discontinued as of March 26, 2006.)
- Air Nippon, Subsidiary of ANA
- American Airlines
- America West Airlines
- Continental Airlines
- QANTAS
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