Me nā mokulele i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e hoʻomaka ma 18 Pepeluali 2020, Eva Air e hoʻomaka i kahi manawa he ʻehā mau pule pule mai Taipei Taoyuan a i Milan Malpensa (MXP) i kēia makahiki aʻe. ʻO ka 316-noho 777-300-lawelawe lawelawe e lilo i ka ʻāpana o ka lawe wale i Italia, a ʻo ka pae ʻelima wale nō ia e lele ai i ʻEulopa e hoʻohui ana i kāna mau ala i Amsterdam. Heathrow, Paris CDG a me Wina. E lilo ʻo MXP i ke kikowaena kūhelu ʻekolu ma ʻEulopa, me nā kūlanakauhale ʻē aʻe (Ladana a me ʻAmelekona) lawelawe ʻia ma o Bangkok wale nō, a ʻo ia ke ala mua e wehe ʻia e ka mea lawe i ʻEulopa i nā makahiki he 20 i hala.

ʻO ka mokulele Star Alliance, i lele aku ma mua o 12.5 miliona mau ohua i ka 2018, lele i kēia manawa i nā wahi ākea he 65, e like me 11 ma North America a me 50 ma Asia a me Oceania. ʻO EVA Air kekahi o nā moku lawe he ʻewalu wale nō i ka honua i helu ʻia ma ke ʻano he 'Five-Star Airline' e ka hoʻonohonoho hoʻonohonoho loiloi e like me ka honua ʻo SkyTrax, a lilo i ʻelima o kēlā mau mokulele ʻewalu e lawelawe iā MXP. Ua helu pū ʻia ia ma waena o nā Top 10 Airlines o ka honua ma 2019, e like me ka mea i koho ʻia e nā huakaʻi o ka honua, a ʻo ia ka hiku o kēlā mau halihali he ʻumi e lele i Malpensa. Ua loaʻa iā ia kēia mahalo no ʻehā mau makahiki i ka lālani.

"ʻO ka hoʻohui ʻana i kahi mea lawe lawe kiʻekiʻe e like me EVA Air i kā mākou kāhea mokulele mokulele ma Malpensa, he kipi maoli ia na mākou," i ʻōlelo ʻo Andrea Tucci, VP Aviation Business Development ma SEA. "E koho ʻia ma ke ʻano he wahi hoʻokele wale no ia ma ʻItalia, a ʻo kekahi o nā ʻelima wale nō ma ʻEulopa, e hōʻoia i ka nani o ka ulu ʻana o ka inoa ʻo Milan ma nā ʻāina ʻē, mahalo i ka kalena momona o nā hanana a me kahi nohona hoʻokele waiwai." ʻO ka mea nui o ka hub o ka mokulele ma Taipei, a me ka hiki no nā pilina i mua, e pōmaikaʻi hoʻi i ke ala hou. "Manaʻo mākou he nui nā huakaʻi ma ke ala e lele ai kahi kiko ma waena o Taipei a me Milana, akā manaʻo pū kekahi mākou i nā nui o nā mākaʻi a me nā huakaʻi hoʻoili ukana ma ka pūnaewele ʻo EVA Air o 31 mau helu ma ʻAsia, 18 ma Kina a me Brisbane ma Australia, ”Wahi a Tucci. Ma mua o 70% o ko Milan mau hele ʻana i ʻAsia e lele nei ma o ka puka lōʻihi.

Hana ʻia i ka makahiki holoʻokoʻa, lele ʻo EVA Air i ka mahele 9,640-kilomita i nā lā 1,2,4 a me 6 mai kona hub ma Taipei Taoyuan, a haʻalele iā Milan i ka Pōʻalua, Pōʻakolu, Pōʻalima a me nā Lāpule i hāʻawi ʻia ka lawelawe pō hoʻokahi mai ʻAsia. Haʻalele ʻo BR71 iā Taiwan ma 23:40 a hōʻea i MXP ma 07:15 i ka lā aʻe. Haʻalele iā Malpensa ma 11:50, nā ʻāina BR72 ma Taipei ma 06:30 i ka lā aʻe.

Ua lilo ka hub Taipei Taoyuan i ka ʻīpuka Asia 18 i lele ʻia mai MXP a me EVA Air ka mokulele 14th me nā lele i ka ʻāina. Hoʻohui nā mokulele hou i Taiwan i nā hana e kū nei i Azerbaijan (Azerbaijan Airlines), Kina (Air China, Neos), Georgia (Wizz Air), Hong Kong (Cathay Pacific Airways), India (Air India), Japan (Alitalia), Korea ( Kōlea Kōlea), Maldives (Air Italia, Alitalia, Neos), Pakistan (Pakistan International Airlines), Singapore (Singapore Airlines), Thailand (Thai Airways) a me Uzbekistan (Uzbekistan Airways). "Ke ulu nei ʻo Asia i ka 17% o kēlā me kēia makahiki no MXP, mahalo i ka hoʻopukapuka e hiki ai i kā mākou 13 mau mokulele lawelawe a me kā lākou hoʻolālā like e hoʻomaikaʻi ai i ka maikaʻi o ka pūnaewele ʻo Milan ma o ka neʻe ʻana ma ʻō aku o ka huakaʻi kokoke i kāna hopena hope loa. ”Hoʻopau ʻo Tucci.

Ma nā pae helu ma MXP no 1H 2019 i kahi pae moʻolelo, me ka mālama ʻia ma lalo o 12.5 miliona mau mākaʻi i loko o nā mahina ʻeono mua o ka makahiki - e hōʻike ana i ka + 10% ulu makahiki. Ua hāʻawi aku ka puka Italia i 48 mau mahina ma hope o ka ulu ʻana o nā ohua a i loko o kahi manawa he 12 mau mahina i mālama ʻia he 25.7 miliona mau ohua.

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“To be selected as the carrier's only destination in Italy, and one of just five in Europe, validates the growing attractiveness of the Milan brand abroad, thanks to a rich calendar of events and a dynamic economic environment.
MXP will become the third direct station in Europe, with other cities (London and Amsterdam) only being served via Bangkok, and it is the first route to be opened by the carrier in Europe in the last 20 years.
“We expect many travellers on the route to fly point-to-point between Taipei and Milan, but we also anticipate significant volumes of passengers and cargo transfer traffic on EVA Air's network of 31 points in Asia, 18 in China and Brisbane in Australia,” states Tucci.