EVA Air to open three new routes

EVA Air to open three new routes

JAKARTA (JP): EVA Air, a Taiwanese airline which currently serves three Indonesian cities, will start flying a Taipei-Los Angeles-Panama City route on Dec. 13 using a Boeing 747-400 aircraft.

The business manager of the airline's agent in Indonesia, Paulus K. Soelaeman, told reporters here that the new route would help passengers from Indonesia connect their flights to the Americas. He said the route would be flown three times a week.

"The route is the only direct connection between Asia to Panama," he said.

Paulus said the new route is also aimed to connecting passengers from Asia with countries in Latin America, including Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, Peru and Guatemala.

He said his office plans to arrange a tour package from Jakarta to Latin American countries.

EVA Air, a subsidiary of Taiwan's Evergreen Group, currently flies the Jakarta-Taipei route six times a week, the Surabaya- Kaohsiung route three times a week and the Denpasar-Kaohsiung route twice weekly.

He said EVA Air records a load factor of about 70 percent for its Jakarta-Taipei service during the off-peak season and 100 percent in peak season.

Paulus said EVA Air plans to introduce Taipei-Hong Kong and Taipei-Macau services in the near future.

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, Paulus said. (04)