Taiwan's EVA Air plans a record number of seats and flights between Taipei and San Francisco during next summer's peak season. According to the latest information via Cirium, it'll rise to 3x daily every day from mid-May, replacing 17x weekly (up to 3x daily) from the end of March to mid-May. Of course, things may change, but that's the situation as of December 5th.

A record offering to San Francisco

EVA Air has 276 departing flights planned in Q3 2022 (June-September), up by 1% over the previous peak (Q3 2018, not 2019). In terms of departing seats for sale, it has more than 97,000 planned, up by 4%. Both are record numbers for the route. As shown below, EVA Air's available seats to San Francisco have doubled in the past decade.

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3 flights daily every day

From mid-May, EVA Air's San Francisco schedule will be as follows, with all times local. All flights are flown by 353-seat 777-300ERs. This is EVA Air's highest-density configuration, with 39 seats in Royal Laurel Class (business class), 56 in premium economy, and 258 in economy. The 777-300ER is also excellent for freight capacity.

Taipei-San Francisco:

• BR8, 10:15 - 06:40 (same-day arrival)
• BR18, 19:40 - 16:10 (same-day arrival)
• BR28, 23:30 - 20:00 (same-day arrival)

San Francisco-Taipei:

• BR17, 01:00 - 05:15 (+1)
• BR27, 01:20 - 05:30 (+1)
• BR7, 13:00 - 17:10 (+1)

5 daily Taipei-San Fran flights

When China Airlines (1x daily; 777-300ER) and United (1x daily; 777-300ER) are added, there will be 5x daily flights on the 6,469-mile (10,410km) link between Taipei and San Francisco from mid-May onwards. Not quite a record (Cirium shows there were 22 days in early 2018 when there were 6x daily), but it'll return to the 'normal high,' last offered in early 2020.

EVA to San Francisco

As 2020, 2021, and 2022 were so heavily impacted by the pandemic, as vividly demonstrated in the earlier figure, it's best to look back to full-year 2019 data. According to the US Department of Transportation, EVA Air carried 564,000 roundtrip San Francisco passengers, with an average seat load factor (SLF) of 81%.

San Francisco was marginally behind Los Angeles for passengers (574,000) but well ahead of Seattle (257,000), JFK (213,000), Houston (205,000), and Chicago (120,000). EVA had nearly two million US passengers that year.

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EVA's do San Fran passengers go?

According to booking data, approximately 46% of San Francisco passengers transited Taipei. Vietnam was by far the most popular country, followed by Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Japan.

At airport level origin and destination, San Francisco over Taipei to/from Ho Chi Minh City was the most popular, followed by Bangkok, Manila, Denpasar Bali, Singapore, Phnom Penh, Cebu, Hanoi, Hong Kong, and Jakarta.

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About 38% of passengers were point-to-point; they only flew between the two cities. Then about 9% connected from Taipei over San Francisco, mainly to fellow Star Alliance member United but also Alaska and others; Taipei-San Francisco-Anchorage was number one. Finally, around 7% 'bridged' both San Francisco and Taipei, with Austin-San Francisco-Taipei-Ho Chi Minh City as the largest market.

Have you flown EVA Air across the Pacific? If so, share your experiences in the comments.

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  EVA Air

  IATA/ICAO Code:

  BR/EVA

  Airline Type:

  Full Service Carrier

  Hub(s):

  Taoyuan International Airport

  Year Founded:

  1989

  Alliance:

  Star Alliance

  CEO:

  Chen Hsien-Hung

  Country:

  Republic of China