Neon Ninja Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 Taiwan's EVA to cut flights to Europe, US to offset loss Jul 13, 2008, 7:40 GMT Taipei - Taiwan's carrier EVA Airs will cut long-haul flights, including those to Europe and the US, to try to offset loss in the face of skyrocketing fuel prices, airlines officials said Sunday. 'We will have to make flexible adjustments to our long-haul flights after the summer vacation in September to reflect operation costs following deficits in 2007 and the first quarter of this year,' said EVA spokesman Nieh Kuo-wei. The airline said it suffered a loss of 1.87 billion Taiwan dollars (61.5 million US dollars) last year and registered a deficit of 2.3 billion Taiwan dollars (75.6 million US dollars) in the first quarter of this year. EVA chairman Chang Yung-fa projected the company's 2008 loss to top 10 billion Taiwan dollars due to fuel costs, which have risen to 60 per cent of the total operation expense of the company. Under the tentative plan, flights affected would be Amsterdam in Europe, Los Angeles and San Francisco in the US, Auckland in New Zealand and Brisbane in Australia, Nieh said. Nieh declined to say how many long-haul flights would be cut, saying the airlines will notify air passengers one month in advance for any adjustments made. The airline halted flights to Paris in October, and to Mumbai earlier this year. EVA's biggest Taiwanese rival, China Airlines (CAL), said in June it had cut about 150 flights, mostly to the US and Asia, due to soaring fuel costs. Newly elected CAL chairman Philip Wei said on Thursday the airline would focus on short-haul regional flights, including charter flights to and from China, as part of the new operational strategy. CAL registered a first-quarter loss of 2.97 billion Taiwan dollars (98 million US dollars). ---------------------------------------- -=/NN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neon Ninja Posted July 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 Under the tentative plan, flights affected would be Amsterdam in Europe, Los Angeles and San Francisco in the US, Auckland in New Zealand and Brisbane in Australia, Nieh said. I notice they don't mention the Newark-Taipei flight, so there is hope that I can get my Evergreen/Dlx Economy tic next year! -=/NN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkoktraveler Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 More and more airlines are cancelling flights in and out of the USA. I get the feeling the USA is becoming an island. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 Always thought they should push the Brisbane route more and jump on the Kangaroo route bandwagon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matta330 Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 If I were to take an educated guess here, I would say that on the days that SFO has multiple flights, it would be reduced down to one flight a day, and on the days LAX has three non-stops to TPE, it would be reduced to two (afternoon and midnight). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelseafan Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 Nothing about the UK so I presume there's enough demand from the stiff-upper-lipped sex tourist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 They are probably the best option for the sex tourist flying from London. Certainly the best premium economy option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nkped Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 Eva still seems to be operating out of Seattle. China Air isn't so I guess Eva has the market for the direct flights to Taipei to itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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