EVA Air to improve Indonesian service

EVA Air to improve Indonesian service

JAKARTA (JP): EVA Air, a subsidiary of the Evergreen Group of
Taiwan, will improve its service to Indonesia by operating MD-11
aircraft next month.

"EVA Air, which currently operates Boeing 767-300 aircraft in
the Jakarta-Taipei route, is considering operating MD-11 aircraft
which offers more seats," business manager of the company's agent
in Indonesia, Paulus K. Soelaeman, said yesterday.

He said that each Boeing 767-300 operated by EVA Air is
configurated with 252 seats, while each MD-11 has 275 seats.

"The load factor of the Jakarta-Taipei service ranges between
70 percent and 80 percent. In peak season, during Indonesian
school holidays and in December, the figure can reach 100
percent," he said.

EVA Air which began its service in July 1991, operates three
services to Indonesia, including the Jakarta-Taipei route (seven
times per week), the Surabaya-Kaohsiung-Taipei route (three times
per week) and the Denpasar-Kaohsiung route (jointly served with
the country's flag carrier Garuda Indonesia twice a week).

Paulus said that the airline, with a fleet of 25 aircraft,
currently serves 25 international destinations, including major
cities in the United States, Europe, Asia, Australia and New
Zealand.

"Early next year EVA Air will take delivery of two more Boeing
747-400-Combi aircraft. In the meantime, the airline has also
signed with McDonnell Douglas a formal letter of intent for
buying six MD-90 aircraft which will be used for domestic
services," he said.

He said that EVA Air launched recently its first European air
freighter operations linking Taipei and Amsterdam, via Singapore
and Dubai. (icn)