EVA Air announced that the delivery ceremony of its first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner will be held at Boeing South Carolina in Charleston on October 02, 2018. The new aircraft is configured for 304 passengers in two cabins, 26 in Royal Laurel Class business and 278 in Economy, and introduces brand-new seats and a new look throughout. It is the first of this model in Taiwan’s airline industry.

“The introduction of Boeing 787 Dreamliners is essential to our continuous pursuit of service excellence,” said EVA President Clay Sun. “We have adopted a more modern, globalized design concept and combined it with Boeing’s latest aviation technologies to create a luxurious cabin environment and provide all our passengers with an even more comfortable flying experience.”

From luxury cars to a top-class airline cabin
EVA chose Designworks, a BMW Group company, to synchronize the airline’s international brand image and the Dreamliner’s unique craftsmanship into the design of this latest generation of Royal Laurel Class seats. The design team stepped away from conventional aircraft design and used core concepts of space and brand to create tailor-made business class seats seamlessly integrated into a bespoke cabin environment. The team used mature, muted colors to enhance the feeling of a comfortable, spacious environment.
EVA’s new Royal Laurel Class business cabin seats are 23 in. (58.4 cm) wide and recline into flat-bed positions that can stretch out to as much as 76 in. (193 cm) long, enabling passengers to lie down, get comfortable and sleep on long-haul flights.

“We wanted EVA’s business class experience to be fresh and memorable for passengers and to make service, design and brand all work together,” said Design Director Johannes Lampela from Designworks’ LA Studio. “Our goal was to take a proven seat platform and make it unique to EVA. From privacy, service, interaction, stowage and amenities, we explored the holistic passenger experience.”

EVA created more comfortable personal spaces by equipping its redesigned Royal Laurel Class seats with adjustable privacy panels and generous built-in storage cabinets. The airline upgraded the In-Flight Entertainment (IFE) systems with 18 in. HD touchscreen monitors, the latest noise-canceling headphones, extra-large fold-out tables for dining or work, auxiliary outlets and USB ports for recharging personal devices or accessing files from Media Player, Photo Viewer and PDF Reader. With these features and the warm, friendly service it is known for, EVA offers passengers a cozy in-flight space where they can work and rest.
Technology and fashion meet economy

EVA called on the Boeing Company’s long-time working partner, Teague, to completely redesign Economy Class on its new 787 Dreamliners. It selected a color palette that complements shades used in Royal Laurel Class and has created a cabin that is exquisitely elegant.

EVA selected ergonomically designed economy class seats from RECARO, the well-known German Automotive Seating company. It equipped seats with sophisticated leather headrests that adjust as much as 6 in. from the top of the seatback to the highest position. It added customized neck supports with functions, allowing passengers the flexibility to adjust the angle in six directions. It also upgraded the IFE with 12 in. HD touchscreen monitors at every seat, giving passengers more comfort and satisfying entertainment needs 30,000 feet in the air.

In addition to this first Boeing 787-9, EVA expects to take delivery of three more of this model and followed by its first Boeing 787-10 in the second quarter of next year. EVA plans to be operating a total of 24 Boeing 787 Dreamliners by 2022. As soon as EVA gets its first Boeing 787-9, it will finalize preparations for putting the plane in service and work with Taiwan’s Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) to get it certified.
EVA estimates that it will launch the new Dreamliner on its maiden flight by the end of October 2018. It will fly the aircraft on its Taipei – Hong Kong route until its second Dreamliner is ready to deploy and it can extend the plane’s services to Japan. EVA will steadily expand Dreamliner service to more routes in its network as it adds more of the aircraft to its fleet.

About EVA Air:
EVA Air is a Star Alliance member and among only 11 SKYTRAX-rated 5-Star airlines worldwide. Readers voted it one of Travel + Leisure’s World’s Best “Top 10 International Airlines” and TripAdvisor awarded it top spots in five categories in its annual Travelers’ Choice Awards for Airlines. The carrier was established in 1989 as Taiwan’s first privately owned international airline. It is part of the respected Evergreen Group and a sister company to global container-shipping leader Evergreen Line. It flies a fleet of more than 70 Boeing and Airbus aircraft to over 60 international destinations throughout Asia, Oceania, Europe and North America where gateways are Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto and Vancouver. Travelers can learn more about EVA and schedule, book and buy tickets at www.evaair.com.

Evergreen Group celebrates its 50th Anniversary today at the Chang Yung-Fa Foundation, home of the charity set-up by Evergreen Group Founder and Chairman Dr. Y.F. Chang. In addition to senior executives and employees of the Group’s businesses, the event was also attended by public officials, customers and business agents from both the shipping and airline industries as well as representatives of supply chain partners from more than fifty countries. The celebration commenced with a performance by the choir of the Yihsing branch of Jiahsing Elementary School from Hsinchu County. The choir was a gold medal winner at the 31st Franz Schubert Choir Competition in Vienna this June and their sublime singing reflected Evergreen’s passion and enthusiasm to connect the world and enrich people’s lives.

Evergreen’s gratitude for its past success and expectations for a more prosperous future are fully demonstrated within the design of the event banner. The green waves cross the 50th anniversary insignia and the rhythmic lines show the magnificent energy of the ocean, symbolizing Evergreen’s continuous breakthroughs and innovative achievements through its development. The compass represents the corporate philosophy of Evergreen Group Founder Dr. Chang, guiding the group’s employees to adhere to the company’s values and to conquer obstacles along the way, sailing full steam ahead into the future. The pulsating dots, meanwhile signify the vitality of each business entity under Evergreen’s banner.

Mr. K.H. Chang of Evergreen International Corp. delivered the welcome address. He thanked business partners and all employees for working hand in hand with Evergreen Group for the past 50 years and expressed his gratitude to the general public for the support and encouragement, which helped Evergreen to achieve the scale of its business today. He encouraged all Evergreen staff to remain true to Dr. Chang’s values, keep pace with the times, and work together toward achieving the next milestone – a centennial anniversary. He also looked forward to getting together with all the guests once again to celebrate Evergreen’s 60th birthday in ten years’ time.

Taiwanese Minister of Transportation and Communications, Mr. Wu Hong-Mo, noted in his remarks that Evergreen Group builds a comprehensive shipping network and international flight routes, providing quality transportation service to facilitate world trade and serve the general public. In addition to its core businesses, Evergreen Group is also devoted to charitable activities and giving back to society. He wishes Evergreen Group a prosperous development and long-lasting future.

Evergreen Group evolved from its operation in marine transportation. Evergreen Group Founder and Chairman Dr. Y.F. Chang, established Evergreen Marine Corporation on the 1st of September 1968. In the early years, the company encountered numerous hurdles, such as the fire that ravaged Ever Island, a lack of lending support from financial institutions and competitive monopoly of freight conferences. All these obstacles were overcome under Dr. Chang’s leadership and with the ‘Evergreen Spirit’ embodied in all his employees.

In 1972, Evergreen launched Taiwan’s first Far East-Middle East liner service, helping local shippers transport their cargoes to the fast-developing Middle East region. In 1979, it opened the Far East to Europe full container service as an independent carrier, breaking the monopoly of the Far Eastern Freight Conference. In 1984, Evergreen launched the unprecedented two-way, round-the-world container services. This turned a new page in the history of the global marine transportation, establishing Evergreen as the world’s largest container shipping line in 1985. Today, Evergreen remains one of the leading brands in the global shipping industry.

After building a solid foundation in shipping industry, Dr. Chang sought to expand Evergreen’s transportation service into the airline industry. On the 20th anniversary of Evergreen Marine, he announced his plan to invest and build the first privately owned airline in Taiwan, EVA Air. Dr. Chang once said, “Although it will not be possible for EVA Air to grow to be the biggest airline in the world due to the restrictions of air traffic rights, EVA has to be the safest and best airline in the world, following the example of Evergreen Marine in the shipping industry.”
Dr. Chang made huge investments in the establishments of EVA Air, including training centres, maintenance facilities and software systems, to make sure that its flight safety and service quality met the most stringent standards. In spite of numerous difficulties, including adverse smearing campaigns, the fledgling airline successfully took to the sky in 1991. In just a few years, EVA expanded route network to many cities across Asia, Europe, North America and Australia. The pace of EVA’s service expansion had been rarely seen among newly-established airlines at that time.

The airline owed much of its successful growth to Evergreen Group’s experience in marine transportation. At an early stage of EVA’s development, Evergreen Marine transferred many of its skilled employees to provide the professional talents needed to build the airline. EVA was able to obtain many of its air traffic rights thanks to Evergreen Marine’s business relations and economic contribution to the relevant countries. In the succeeding years, EVA has always been at the forefront of international airlines and has won much prestigious recognition for flight safety and service quality.

In addition to marine and air transportation, Evergreen Group has developed into a global conglomerate across sea, land and air, expanding its business scope into aviation technologies, international hotel chains and steel production. Within each and every one of Evergreen Group’s business entities, the astute management of their executive team keeps their business moving forward. The dedication remains to continue efforts to provide better service for customers and the community at large. Looking to the future, Evergreen Group will continue to embrace Dr. Chang’s corporate philosophy of generating profit, caring for employees and giving back to society as it heads into the next 50 years.

EVA Air is upholding its high standards for safety and service and continuing its winning ways to take the top spot in “World’s Best Airport Services” of SKYTRAX’s annual World Airline Award categories. In addition, SKYTRAX recognized EVA’s ongoing commitment to quality service as one of only eleven 5-Star Airlines worldwide and ranked it among the World´s Top 10 Airlines of 2018. SKYTRAX revealed its 2018 World Airline Awards in London on Tuesday, 17 July 2018.

Service quality improvement has always been firmly embedded as EVA’s priority. From airport check-in to inflight service, EVA strives for perfection in every detail. As advancing technologies have created new pathways for innovation and continual improvements in the passenger experience, EVA has introduced new comforts and conveniences. For example, EVA’s official website and APP for mobile devices enable passengers to save time at the airport by selecting seats and checking in ahead of time.

EVA regularly works with well-known brands to create new service items and inflight products such as Natural Benefits cold-pressed mango mixed juice, France’s PAUL pound cake and SEASON Cuisine Pâtissiartism Neige cake. Especially for Royal Laurel Class business passengers, EVA has introduced “California Blue” RIMOWA and Georg Jensen leather amenity kits for long-haul flights to and from Taipei, Taiwan. EVA collaborated with London-Based “APUJAN” to design new pajamas and make its flights even more comfortable. It also has improved and updated service items in Premium Economy Class, starting with new food and beverage menus designed by JL Design.

“We are thrilled to be awarded 5-Star Airline certification for the third consecutive year,” said EVA President Clay Sun. “I’m especially grateful to the EVA staff and thank everyone from the bottom of my heart for always doing their very best to serve every passenger. It is a great honor to be recognized by travelers from around the globe. We will never lose sight of our goal for EVA to be the very best. We aim to make every journey with us a delightful, relaxing experience for every passenger.” SKYTRAX identified the world’s best airlines through analyses of an extensive global passenger satisfaction survey that featured 335 airlines in the final results. Between August 2017 and May 2018, 20.36 million travelers, representing more than 100 nationalities, responded in English, Spanish and Chinese on 49 survey topics, including airport and onboard environments. The global ratings organization describes the survey as “independent, impartial and global” and its awards program is not-for-profit.The annual World Airline Awards are among the most respected in the airline industry. After being recognized in past survey results for outstanding services and products in multiple areas, EVA is proud to bring home 2018 SKYTRAX World Airline Awards in the categories listed on the chart below:
Award 2018 Ranking
World’s Top 10 Airlines No.5
World’s Best Airport Services No.1
Best Airline Staff in Asia No.2
World’s Cleanest Aircraft Cabins No.2
Best Airlines in Asia No.3
World’s Best Airline Cabin Crew No.5
World’s Best Business class Airlines No.10
Best Business Class Comfort Amenities No.3
World’s Best Premium Economy class Airlines No.7
Best Premium Economy Class Airline Catering No.8
World’s Best Economy class Airlines No.8
Best Economy Class Airline Seats No.8
Best Economy Class Airline Catering No.7

EVA is frequently honored, awarded and recognized by organizations worldwide. AirlineRatings ranked EVA among “World’s Top 20 Safest Airlines.” TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel site, honored EVA Air with five distinctions, “5th place in Top-10 World’s Best Airline Award,” “Top-10 Major Airlines in Asia,” “Best Business Class in Asia,” “Best Premium Economy Class in Asia” and “Travelers’ Choice Economy Class in Asia.”

About EVA AIR:
EVA AIR, a Star Alliance member, was established in 1989 as Taiwan’s first privately owned international airline. It is part of the respected Evergreen Group and a sister company to global container-shipping leader Evergreen Line. It flies a fleet of more than 70 Boeing and Airbus aircraft to more than 60 international destinations throughout Asia, Oceania, Europe and North America. With just one easy stop in Taipei, travellers can connect onward to every major city in Asia, including 17 destinations in China.

EVA AIR flies three times a week (Monday, Thursday, Saturday) from Vienna nonstop to Taipei and four times a week (Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday) via Bangkok to Taipei. The airline uses a modern Boeing 777-300ER in three-class configuration on the route. With proven EVA AIR cooperation partners, it is easy to travel from Bangkok to other destinations in Thailand and Southeast Asia. From its home base in Taipei, EVA AIR provides optimal connections to mainland China, Japan, Australia and North America.

Information and bookings: www.evaair.com.
EVA AIR on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/evaairwayscorp.at
EVA AIR on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/EVAAIRVIDEO?feature=watch

Taiwan’s leading independent airline, EVA Air, will host an internationally certified half marathon in Taipei on October 28, 2018. The EVA AIR Marathon is expected to attract as many as 20,000 runners from across the globe, giving them opportunities to take in Taipei’s scenery and skyline as they compete in the half marathon or shorter 10km and 3km races.

Participants can register for the EVA Air Marathon at 2018run.evaitf.com until August 29, 2018. The event offers three categories, the half marathon (maximum 8,000 runners), 10km (8,000 runners) and 3km (4,000 runners). Those entering the half marathon will be divided into 12 groups based on age and gender and those who complete the race with the best times can win as much as NT$ 30,000.

The run is being organized as a joint effort by the Chinese Taipei Culture, Leisure & Sport Association, Taiwan Tourism Bureau, Taipei City Government Department of Information and Tourism and the Chinese Taipei Road Running Association. The race is IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations) and AIMS (Association of International Marathons and Distance Races) certified. Courses for the 21.09km and 10km events take runners past some of the Taipei’s best-known and most beautiful attractions, including the National Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall, Taipei Fine Arts Museum and Dajia Riverside Park. The carefully laid-out courses not only give runners opportunities to compete with other world-class competitors but also showcase Taipei City’s beauty from a different perspective.

“EVA Air is exceptionally proud to support sports and has been sponsoring and encouraging athletes to excel in competitions around the world,” said EVA President Clay Sun. “We are hosting this marathon to challenge experienced runners and encourage others to participate in outdoor activities. On behalf of EVA, we welcome experienced marathoners and weekend joggers alike to sign up and enjoy a healthy run.”
More than 100 marathons are held in Taiwan every year but only a handful of them are certified by AIMS and IAAF. The EVA Air Marathon secured the certification to ensure that these respected international associations will officially recognize race results. This is the first internationally certified marathon to be organized by a Taiwan-based airline.

About EVA AIR:
EVA AIR, a Star Alliance member and one of ten SKYTRAX-rated 5-Star Airlines, was established in 1989 as Taiwan’s first privately owned international airline. It is part of the respected Evergreen Group and a sister company to global container-shipping leader Evergreen Line. It flies a fleet of more than 70 Boeing and Airbus aircraft to more than 60 international destinations throughout Asia, Oceania, Europe and North America. With just one easy stop in Taipei, travellers can connect onward to every major city in Asia, including 17 destinations in China.

EVA AIR flies three times a week (Monday, Thursday, Saturday) from Vienna nonstop to Taipei and four times a week (Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday) via Bangkok to Taipei. The airline uses a modern Boeing 777-300ER in three-class configuration on the route. With proven EVA AIR cooperation partners, it is easy to travel from Bangkok to other destinations in Thailand and Southeast Asia. From its home base in Taipei, EVA AIR provides optimal connections to mainland China, Japan, Australia and North America.

Information and bookings: www.evaair.com.
EVA AIR on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/evaairwayscorp.at
EVA AIR on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/EVAAIRVIDEO?feature=watch18

TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel site, has revealed EVA AIR as a winner in four categories of its second annual Travelers´ Choice Awards for Airlines. After earning top spots in two categories last year based on quantity and quality of travelers’ reviews, EVA has now won four, including the 5th place in Top-10 World’s Best Airline Award, Top-10 Major Airlines in Asia, and Best Business and Premium Economy Classes in Asia.

EVA AIR will launch daily nonstop flights between Taipei and Chiang Mai, starting on 1 July, 2018. The airline will serve the route with an Airbus A321-200 configured in Business and Economy Classes for 184 passengers.

EVA AIR launched its new direct service from Taipei to Vienna on 9 March 2018, adding three flights a week to the four it has operated so far. The airline introduces its non-stop service with the three added flights while it continues to make one stop in Bangkok with the existing four. EVA AIR is initiating the added service to give business and leisure travellers more flexibility.

EVA AIR is welcoming 2018 with a selection of inflight gourmet treats and designer amenities that includes something new for passengers in every cabin. Starting in January 2018, EVA is introducing new menu and wine lists, designer pyjamas and bedding, gourmet cakes and cold-pressed juice, affirming the airline’s ongoing focus on creative and innovative passenger comforts and services that enhance inflight experiences.

EVA AIR has renamed the innovative in-between cabin that it launched on 12 December, 1992 Premium Economy Class. Known as Elite Class since 2005 when it was significantly upgraded, the new name comes with added comforts, amenities and upgrades and makes it easier for passengers to select and book the service.

For the fifth year in a row, EVA AIR has earned a coveted spot among AirlineRatings.com´s World’s Safest Airlines for 2018. AirlineRatings.com joins other global industry and government organizations that consistently recognize EVA AIR for upholding high standards and making safety a top priority.