EVA Airways flights from Kaohsiung to Tokyo, Macau and Shanghai’s Pudong International Airport would be upgraded to Airbus A330-300 wide-body jets from May 20, the airline announced today.
The move is aimed at further developing the southern Taiwan travel market and building Kaohsiung into a second operational hub, EVA Air President Sun Chia-ming (孫嘉明) said in a statement.
Deploying A330-300 planes would provide 309 seats per flight, an increase of 125 over the A321-200 aircraft used on the routes.
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Using bigger aircraft would also make travel more convenient and comfortable for passengers from southern Taiwan, and attract more international visitors to Kaohsiung for tourism, concerts and cultural events, Sun said.
The airline said that it offers 56 flights a week from Kaohsiung to Tokyo’s Narita International Airport, Osaka, Fukuoka, Shanghai’s Pudong International Airport, Macau, Hong Kong and Seoul’s Incheon International Airport.
Meanwhile, EVA Air said that starting April 30, the Kaohsiung-Seoul route would be operated using its Airbus A321 featuring Hello Kitty's "Pinky Jet" livery, which was previously used on a limited basis for midday flights between Kaohsiung and Hong Kong earlier last year.
China Airlines also recently announced that its second aircraft featuring the Pokemon livery is scheduled to enter service on April 2, initially flying the Taoyuan-Tokyo Narita and Taoyuan-Seattle routes.
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