Ngeenqwelomoya ezicwangciselwe ukuqala nge-18 kaFebruwari 2020, eva Air iya kuqala inkonzo kane ngeveki ukusuka eTaipei Taoyuan ukuya eMilan Malpensa (MXP) kulo nyaka uzayo. Inkonzo enezitulo ezingama-316 ezizitulo ezingama-777-300 iya kuba kuphela kwecandelo labathwali ukuya e-Itali, kwaye yindawo nje yesihlanu apho ibhabhela kuyo eYurophu isongeza kwiindlela zayo eziya eAmsterdam, eLondon. Heathrow, Paris CDG kunye Vienna. I-MXP iya kuba sisikhululo sesithathu esithe ngqo eYurophu, kunye nezinye izixeko (iLondon ne-Amsterdam) zihanjiswa kuphela nge-Bangkok, kwaye yindlela yokuqala ukuvulwa komthuthi eYurophu kule minyaka ingama-20 idlulileyo.

I-Star Alliance carrier, eyabhabha ngaphezu kwe-12.5 yezigidi zabakhweli ngo-2018, ngoku ibhabha kwiindawo ezingama-65 zehlabathi, kuquka i-11 eMntla Melika kunye ne-50 e-Asia nase-Oceania. I-EVA Air yenye yabathwali nje abasibhozo ehlabathini elinganiswe 'njengeNqwelo-moya ye-Five-Star' ngumbutho wamazwe ngamazwe wokulinganisa umgangatho i-SkyTrax, kwaye iba ngowesihlanu kwezo nqwelo-moya zisibhozo ukuba zikhonze i-MXP. Ikwakalwe phakathi kweenqwelomoya ezili-10 eziphezulu zehlabathi zika-2019, njengoko kuvotelwe ngabakhenkethi behlabathi, kwaye ngowesixhenxe kwaba balishumi abathwali ukubhabha ukuya eMalpensa. Lifumene eli wonga iminyaka emine ilandelelana.

"Ukongeza umthwali okumgangatho ophezulu onje nge-EVA Air kwifowuni yethu yenqwelo moya eMalpensa lulawulo lokwenyani kuthi," utshilo u-Andrea Tucci, iVP yoPhuhliso lwezoPhapho kwi-SEA. "Ukunyulwa njengendawo ekukuphela kwayo abathwali e-Italiya, kunye nenye yabahlanu eYurophu, iqinisekisa ukukhula komtsalane wophawu lwaseMilan phesheya, ngenxa yekhalenda etyebileyo yeziganeko kunye nemeko yezoqoqosho eguqukayo." Ukubaluleka kombindi wenqwelo moya eTaipei, kunye nokubakho koqhakamshelwano oluqhubela phambili, nako kuyakunceda indlela entsha. "Silindele abahambi abaninzi kwindlela yokubhabha phakathi kweTaipei neMilan, kodwa sikwalindele umthamo omkhulu wabakhweli kunye nokuhanjiswa kwemithwalo kwinethiwekhi ye-EVA Air yamanqaku angama-31 e-Asiya, i-18 eTshayina naseBrisbane eOstreliya, ” utshilo uTucci. Ngaphezulu kwe-70% yetrafikhi yaseMilan eya e-Asiya ngoku ibhabha ngesango lokuhamba ixesha elide.

Isebenza unyaka wonke, i-EVA Air iya kubhabha icandelo leekhilomitha ezingama-9,640 ngeentsuku ze-1,2,4 kunye ne-6 ukusuka kwindawo yayo eTaipei Taoyuan, kwaye iya kumka eMilan ngoLwesibini, ngooLwezithathu, ngooLwezihlanu nangeeCawe inikwe inkonzo yobusuku obuvela eAsia. Indiza i-BR71 imka eTaiwan ngo-23:40 kwaye ifike eMXP ngo-07:15 kusuku olulandelayo. Ukushiya i-Malpensa ngo-11:50, i-BR72 yahlala eTaipei ngo-06:30 ngosuku olulandelayo.

Indawo yaseTaipei Taoyuan iba lisango le-18 laseAsia elibhabha lisuka kwiMXP kunye ne-EVA Air inqwelomoya ye-14 kunye neenqwelomoya eziya kummandla. Iinqwelomoya ezintsha eziya eTaiwan zijoyina imisebenzi ekhoyo e-Azerbaijan (i-Azerbaijan Airlines), i-China (i-Air China, i-Neos), i-Georgia (i-Wizz Air), i-Hong Kong (i-Cathay Pacific Airways), i-Indiya (i-Air India), i-Japan (i-Alitalia), i-Korea ( Korean Air), Maldives (Air Italy, Alitalia, Neos), Pakistan (Pakistan International Airlines), Singapore (Singapore Airlines), Thailand (Thai Airways) kunye Uzbekistan (Uzbekistan Airways). “I-Asia yimarike ekhula nge-17% unyaka nonyaka kwi-MXP, ngenxa yotyalo-mali kwisikhundla seenqwelomoya zethu ezili-13 ezisebenza ngeenqwelomoya kunye nesicwangciso sabo esidibeneyo sokuphucula umgangatho wothungelwano lwaseMilan ngokuhambela ngaphaya kwetrafikhi kufutshane nendawo yayo yokugqibela, ” uphetha uTucci.

Amanani okuphumelela kwi-MXP ngo-1H 2019 akwinqanaba elirekhodiweyo, nabangaphantsi nje kwe-12.5 yezigidi zabakhweli abaphathwayo kwiinyanga ezintandathu zokuqala zonyaka – nto leyo emele +10% yokukhula ngonyaka. Isango lase-Italiya ngoku linikezele ngeenyanga ezingama-48 ezilandelelanayo zokukhula kwabakhweli kwaye kwixesha eliqengqelekayo leenyanga ezili-12 liphethe abakhweli abazizigidi ezingama-25.7.

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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.