America’s second-busiest airport is getting a brand new nonstop flight to Taiwan.
Subsequent November, Taiwanese provider EVA Air will launch nonstop service from Dallas Fort Price Worldwide Airport (DFW) to its Taipei residence base, the airline mentioned this week.
The brand new flights will give the Star Alliance provider a seventh U.S. gateway and a brand new vacation spot for its Royal Laurel enterprise class — a cabin for which the airline has massive plans over the approaching years.
Phrase of this new nonstop flight between Taipei and North Texas got here practically three months after EVA executives informed TPG the provider had its eyes on DFW — together with two different potential future U.S. gateways, Boston Logan Worldwide Airport (BOS) and Dulles Worldwide Airport (IAD) exterior Washington, D.C.
“With frequent enterprise actions and handy connections to Central and South America, the brand new route is predicted to meet excessive passenger and cargo calls for,” EVA mentioned in an announcement to TPG Tuesday.
EVA’s new DFW service
The brand new DFW-to-Taipei service will launch on Nov. 3, 2025. EVA will fly the route with 5 weekly spherical journeys.
The provider has not but mentioned which of its long-haul jets will carry passengers to and from DFW, however EVA’s most prevalent long-haul plane is its Boeing 777-300ER.
Nonetheless, EVA additionally has nicely over a dozen Airbus A350-1000 jets on order.
Executives this summer season informed TPG the A350 is predicted to serve no less than some U.S. routes sooner or later — probably flights to the East Coast.
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The airline can also be plotting retrofits for a few of its present jets. Within the coming years, the inside upgrades will see EVA’s Royal Laurel enterprise class get suites with privateness doorways for the primary time.
EVA at the moment flies nonstop to Taiwan Taoyuan Worldwide Airport (TPE) from six U.S. cities: Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles on the West Coast; Chicago and Houston within the nation’s midsection; and New York on the East Coast.
The provider made headlines this summer season when it debuted its newest Howdy Kitty-themed plane on choose flights to Chicago.
EVA faces elevated competitors on its flights to and from the U.S. and elsewhere amid the rise of fellow Taiwanese provider Starlux, which has branded itself a premium airline.
Reserving EVA Air flights with factors and miles
Hoping to ebook a flight on EVA Air? You should use factors and miles to ebook a seat on the airline by transferring versatile bank card rewards to the EVA Air Infinity MileageLands program.
Citi ThankYou Rewards factors may be transferred to this system at a 1:1 ratio. It’s also possible to switch Capital One miles to EVA at a lowered 4:3 ratio.
Plus, you could find EVA award house inside a separate Star Alliance program, akin to Air Canada Aeroplan or Singapore KrisFlyer.
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