EVA and Bangkok Airways Start Code-Share to Thai Vacation Destinations
New service extends EVA routes from Bangkok to Phuket, Koh Samui, Chiang Mai

TAIPEI, TAIWAN (03 May, 2010) – EVA and Bangkok Airways are starting a new code-share agreement that makes it easier and more convenient for passengers to travel beyond  Bangkok to Chiang Mai (CNX), Koh Samui (USM) and Phuket (HKT).  Effective immediately, EVA is placing its flight codes on Bangkok Airways’ domestic flights to/from Bangkok and the three popular vacation destinations, providing ready connections to international passengers from Europe and Taipei. Starting from summer schedule, EVA is offering 16 flights a week between Taipei and Bangkok, including 3 turn-around service, 7 flights continuing to London (BR067/BRBR068), three flights to Amsterdam (BR075/BR076) and three to Vienna (BR061/BR062).  Long haul flight passengers from North America and Europe can easily connect onward to Bangkok to take advantage of the new code-share service with one stop in Taipei.  Travelers can book and buy one ticket all the way through to these busy Thailand vacation spots via EVA’s user-friendly website at www.evaair.com or through their travel agent.  Then, upon arrival at the EVA counter at the airport, they can check luggage all the way through to their destination.  Bangkok was EVA’s first destination when it launched service from Taipei in 1991.  EVA and Bangkok Airways initially began working together in 1993 to extend international service routes through a prorate agreement for ticketing using both carriers’ flight codes.  EVA also extends its service routes through marketing alliances with All Nippon Airways, American Airlines, Continental Airlines, U.S. Airways and Qantas Airways. EVA’s routing within Asia is among the industry’s best and with just one easy stop in Taipei, passengers can connect onward to most major business and leisure destinations in the region.  In 1992, EVA became the first airline to roll out a premium economy cabin in-between economy and business classes that, with continual improvement, has retained high demand among both business and leisure travelers and won prestigious international awards.  Today, the Taiwan-based airline serves its North American and European long and medium-haul passengers with Boeing B777-300ers, B747-400s and Airbus A330-200s.  Travelers can book, buy and reserve seats through travel agents, by calling an EVA ticket office or online at www.evaiar.com.

EVA passenger destinations Taipei, Kaohsiung, Taichung, Beijing, Chonqing, Dalian, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Hong Kong, Kuming (Taiwan groups only), Macau, Nanjing, Ningbo, Qingdao, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Tianjin, Wuhan, Xiamen, Fukuoka, Komatsu, Nagoya, Osaka, Sapporo (Hokkaido, Japan), Sendai (northeast Japan), Tokyo, Seoul, Bangkok, Denpasar (Bali), Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Phnom Penh, Singapore, Surabaya, Brisbane, Amsterdam, London, Paris, Vienna, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Seattle and Vancouver.  Starting 29 March, 2009, EVA is launching passenger flights to Toronto.