EVA Air Collects 16th and 17th Boeing 777-300ER

EVA Air took delivery of its 16th and 17th Boeing 777-330ER with registration numbers B-16718 and B-16719 earlier on Wednesday at the Boeing factory in Everett Washington. EVA Air’s new Boeing 777-300ERs are the first in the world to be equipped with Panasonic’s latest generation eX3 inflight enteratinment system and Global Communication Suite.

There are 39 seats in Royal Lauren Class Business, 56 in Elite Premium Economy and 238 in Economy.

Now customers can send and receive short messages on their mobile phones. EVA will also offer Sky Wi-Fi access to customers on these two new aircraft at an altitude of 20,000 feet or higher. The individual seat-back entertainment systems now feature high-resolution monitors and multi-touch technology.

Economy and Elite Premium Economy customers will get to enjoy the inflight entertainment on 11.1 inch monitors. Customers in theses two classes will also be given more leg room and 110v AC outlets and USB ports.

Royal Laurel Class cabins get 16-inch screens and AV control handsets that have 4-inch LCD panels so passengers can play video games on their handsets and use the remote controls to execute functions on the seat-back screens. EVA Air has updated its Royal Laurel First Class by outfitting the cabins with new noise cancelling headsets with betters sound quality and enhanced noise-reduction performance. FIJI Water will also be served on board and pyjamas provided. Two new colours of its sought-after collectible Rimowa overnight amenity kits will be launched – Crystal Green for inbound flights and Prosecco for outbound flights.

EVA will increase flight frequency from North America starting 3 June 2014. One of its new aircraft will be initiated as BR31 on Mondays and Tuesday on the New York – Taipei flights boosting service on the route from five times a week to daily. The second aircraft will be used on BR11 for its Taipei – Los Angeles route from Tuesday to Saturday adding three flights per week to the 17 it now operates. It will also raise both Toronto and Vancouver frequency from three to four flights a week.

 

EVA Air was the launch customer of the Boeing 777-300ER ordering 15 in 2000 with deliveries starting in 2005. EVA will have a total of 22 Boeing 777-300ER in its fleet after all the new aircraft are delivered. EVA Air currently has a fleet of 66 aircraft after taking delivery of these two new aircraft. It has also taken delivery of eight Airbus 321-200s and is using them on regional routes. It will add 16 more A321-200s by the end of 2016. After all its new aircraft are delivered and older models retired, EVA’s fleet will include more than 70 airplanes.