EVA Air to expand Japan services; boost capacity 10%

Taiwan’s EVA Air plans to add three more destinations in Japan in 2019 and boost capacity by 10% as it reshapes its Japanese market and global network. Subject to government approvals, the Star Alliance member will add daily Taipei Taoyuan-Nagoya, Japan services, from June 6, using a Boeing 787-9 configured with 26 in Royal Laurel Class and 278 economy class seats. EVA plans to introduce services from Taipei to Aomori and Matsuyama in the 2019 3Q. In 2019, the airline will be offering 146 weekly flights to Japan. EVA president Clay Sun said, “With more Boeing 787s being added to EVA’s fleet, we plan to reshape the Japan market and our global network strategy. We will launch more routes to Japan [to Nagoya, Aomori and Matsuyama] with the possibility of more to follow in the future,” he said. At the same time, the carrier will increase capacity to Tokyo Narita and Osaka with Airbus A330-300s and 787s; frequencies to Okinawa and Sendai will also be added. After all its 787s have been delivered, EVA will boost its combined flight capacity to Japan routes by more than 10%.<br/>