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aircraft’s payload limitations have required EVA to stop in Seattle, making the trip longer and less convenient for passengers going to and from New York. EVA’s new B777-300ERs have a maximum cruising range of 14,184 kilometer (7,880 nmi) and are powered with GE 90-115B engines. The new aircraft are 20% more fuel efficient than the B747-400s, more environment friendly, and enable EVA to fly from Taipei to New York without stopping. EVA’s Taipei – New York flight BR32 will leave Taipei’s Taoyuan International Airport on Monday, Thursday and Saturday at 6:50 pm and arrive at Newark International Airport at 8:10 pm the same day. Return flight BR31 departs New York the same evening 9:50 pm and arrives in Taipei two days later at 6:10 am.
EVA’s Taipei – Seattle flight BR26 will take off from Taoyuan International Airport on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday and land in Seattle at 5:35 pm the same day. Return flight BR25 departs Seattle at 1:30 am the following day and gets into Taipei at 6:40 am. With the direct service to New York, EVA will have increased frequency on its US network from 36 to 39 flights a week, including 20 to Los Angeles and 12 to San Francisco, along with the four to Seattle and three to New York. Starting in April 2008, brand-new B777-300ERs will be placed in service on EVA’s San Francisco route. By the end of 2008, EVA will be serving all of its US gateways with new B777-300ERs.
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