EVA Air has increased its cargo capacity from Taipei to the UK, adding a fourth weekly flight from London-Heathrow to Taipei, via Dubai. Currently EVA Air provides cargo services to the UK every Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday.

EVA Air will use an MD-11 for this additional freighter service, operating under a code-share agreement with British Airways. It will increase available uplift by 75 tons.  As of 28 August, BR677 will leave Taipei on Thursdays at 0400 hours, arriving in London at 1510 hours the same day.

According to IATA's 2001 "Air Cargo Annual", Britain was ranked as number two in terms of cargo output, accounting for 58.2 million tons of the export volume total for the whole of Europe. With the additional fourth flight to the UK, forwarders can enjoy a more convenient and prompt service between Europe, Asia and the Middle East, taking advantage of EVA's comprehensive service network from its CKS Airport hub.

EVA Air recently announced the opening of a new European cargo operations centre in Brussels. The airline's current cargo service network in Europe now includes 13 weekly flights with freighters to London (four flights), Brussels (six flights, of which two are routed via Milan), Sharjah (three flights with onward services to Frankfurt operated by EVA Air's alliance partner Lufthansa). EVA also operates 13 direct flights each week to combined passenger/cargo destinations Paris, London, Amsterdam and Vienna.

EVA Air's fleet now comprises 44 aircraft with 14 freighters including 10 MD-11 freighters and 4 B747-400 freighters. It is expected to have another MD-11 converted to a freighter by October. EVA Air also has 10 B747-400 combi aircraft.