EVA Airways Corp (長榮航空) has announced a codeshare agreement with fellow Star Alliance member LOT Polish Airlines, with the deal to take effect on Monday.
The agreement includes EVA’s flights between Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport and Tokyo’s Narita Airport and Taoyuan-Vienna, as well as a Warsaw-Vienna route operated by LOT, EVA Air’s first expansion to Warsaw.
Since joining the Star Alliance in 2013, EVA has been committed to deepening cooperation with other alliance members and the codeshare agreement with LOT is a major step in that process, EVA executive vice president Liao Chi-wei (廖至維) said in a statement.
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The agreement not only makes travel between Taiwan and Poland easier, it also promotes bilateral tourism, trade and friendly relations between both countries, Liao said.
Although there have been no direct flights between the two countries since an air traffic agreement was inked in 2015, Taiwan has grown closer to European countries and sought opportunities to cooperate, the statement said.
The deal lays a key milestone for EVA to continue building its eastern European network, it said, adding that, hopefully, more connections between Warsaw and Taoyuan would be added.
There are daily flights between Taoyuan airport and Vienna, with seamless transfers in Vienna to LOT’s daily Warsaw flights, it said.
People in Poland would be able to take flights from Warsaw to Vienna and transfer for EVA flights to reach Taipei or Tokyo, it added.
As Taiwan’s semiconductor supply chain continues to expand internationally, central and eastern Europe is becoming an area of focus, it said.
The codeshare agreement would allow for greater ties between Taiwan and the region, help develop more European routes, and enhance EVA’s competitiveness and visibility in Europe, it said.
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