EVA Air will step up frequency on its Taipei-Singapore route from seven to 10-weekly flights this June, further increasing to 11 flights in July.
According to Eva Air chairman KW Chang, the Taipei-Singapore route has been operating with 85 per cent passenger load factor, and the increased frequency will provide flexible itinerary options.
The new scheduled flights starting from June 21 between Changi Airport and Taipei’s Taoyuan International Airport are in addition to EVA Air’s daily existing flights between both cities.
Additionally, a new Hello Kitty theme will be created exclusively for the Eva Air B777-300ER aircraft that will be deployed on the route.
“After experiencing an overwhelming demand of our Hello Kitty jets when we introduced chartered flights between Singapore and Taipei (in December 2014), we knew Singapore had to be our first destination in South-east Asia to host our next Hello Kitty-themed aircraft,” said EVA Air President Austin Cheng in a press release.
Eric Chu, new Taipei City mayor, said the number of Singaporean travellers to Taiwan has doubled over the past five years. While there were 137,000 visitors in 2009, he said the number was easily over 300,000 last year.
Welcoming the increased frequency, he added: “There are more and more Singaporeans who like Taiwan because of unique tourism features like our Pingxi Sky Lantern festival.
“We want to ensure visitors are not restricted by flight frequency so I am confident the additional flight options will encourage more visitors to visit Taipei.”
