EVA Air to move New York Link to JFK

Taiwanese carrier EVA Air is to move its flights to New York from Newark Liberty International Airport back to JFK International, having ended services to the city’s main international gateway in the late 1990s. The airline will make the switch at the start of the Northern Winter schedules at the end of October, almost 15 years after it began serving the facility. The airline currently offers four flights every week using a Boeing 777-300ER, which makes a technical stop in Anchorage on its return to Asia.

An estimated 73,000 O&D passengers travelled on the Taipei Taoyuan – Newark route in the past year. EVA Air witnessed a larger increase in passengers than the market average during this period with its non-stop flights appearing more attractive to customers than the one-stop offerings of others via Asian hubs.

The move to New York JFK will place EVA Air in direct competition with fellow Taiwanese carrier China Airlines. The latter offers a three times weekly link to the US airport via Osaka Kansai International. It carried an estimated 52,000 O&D passengers on its flight with around a further 33,000 passengers flying on indirect services. EVA Air will be confident of securing some of this lost traffic on its non-stop connection as well as working with new partners to offer onward connections across North ad South America.

Schedule:

BR032 TPE1930 – 2100JFK 77W x257
BR031 JFK2250 – 0205+1ANC0330+1 – 0730+2TPE 77W x257