Several weeks ago, EVA Air executives revealed plans to launch flights to a new destination in North America, which will be the carrier’s longest flight to date. I’d like to provide an update, as this new route is now bookable, so we know exactly when it will launch, and what the schedule will be like.
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Dc area has a TON of Vietnamese people. This is also a great way to get to Vietnam
effectively zero connecting options in IAD on arrival from TPE and most layovers unlikely to be short in IAD heading back to TPE/Asia with that 2am departure time. they're clearly banking on Star Alliance loyalty in DC.
I said the same thing initially. You have tons of Vietnamese in the DMV along with a sprinkling of Filipino, Cambodian, etc.
Interesting IAD-TPE is “only” 15h55 given EVA’s JFK-TPE is 17h15 so whole 80 minutes longer!
I can’t imagine there’s a single US connection here that isn’t better served through another US EVA destination or via Tokyo…
They don't need connections. A metro area if 5+ million people, with tons of people with ethnic and cultural ties to Southeast Asia, will have no problem filling this flight.
YAY FOR EVA ENTERING THE THE DC MARKET!
The times seem a bit off, though. I was just reading an article that was saying that it seems that one of the best ways to fight jetlag is arriving in the morning, so maybe this is good for the ex-IAD flights, but for the flights ex-TPE the arrival time at IAD could be suboptimal.
Wonderful! More options for me to get to Asia rather than having to connect out of JFK or ORD. Hope the J pricing is competitive.
I live in DC. No connection required, thank you. Just wished the flight's scheduled arrival time was earlier though.
That's roughly an hour or more to get home by train.
"They don't need connections."
Famous last words.
You're acting like they have the market to themselves, versus United/ANA (who are not going to be keen to leak passengers, despite Star Alliance), Air China, Turkish, and the 3 major Middle Eastern connection carriers; all of who've lately been emphasizing their connections to southeast Asia.
The more accurate term is they don't need US-side connections. Their TPE hub is their source of connections. They operate a massive connecting hub out of TPE, which is how they get dual feed from both ends.
Who knows… I was looking for a ticket to TPE recently and there were a few days when EVA had last-minute availablity ORD-TPE in J via Mileage Plus. IAD may also have lower loads, at least initially…
2am departure from IAD? Just about all the airport services are closed then. No lounges open, and they use the upstairs TSA precheck security line for all passengers. There's a bank of flights then primarily to El Salvador (often 5 departing in a 2-hour span) but that's it. Was TPE out of landing slots at a better time? IAD has plenty so the flight could have departed at 10am-noon like many other flights to Asia.
Interestingly enough, it's easier to find EVA US connections ticketed on interline agreement with AS, rather than on United...
“Technically, Houston (IAH) is EVA Air’s furthest destination, at 7,939 miles. However, the Washington Dulles flight is scheduled to take longer.”
No, it’s not. IAH-TPE is blocked at over 16 hours. What an incredibly strange fact to get wrong.