EVA Air Plans Direct Taipei Delhi Flights.
In an effort to improve connectivity between South Asia and North America, EVA Air plans to start nonstop flights between Taipei and Delhi by early December 2026.
According to Sun Chia-ming, president of EVA Air, the airline has already applied to run the new route and plans to start operations by early December.
Following the introduction of EVA Air’s first direct flights to the U.S. capital, Sun told reporters in Washington, D.C., that Delhi’s advantageous location would allow the airline to take advantage of the expanding transit demand between India and North America. Additionally, the carrier intends to target Indian tech workers, especially Silicon Valley-based software experts.
Sun pointed out that travellers from Delhi would have easy connections to important North American gateways, such as Los Angeles and Seattle, thanks to EVA Air’s early morning flights from Taipei.
The airline thinks that the new Delhi service will make it more competitive in the North America-South Asia transit market versus regional carriers like Singapore Airlines and Cathay Pacific Airways.
EVA Air has been progressively growing its network in North America since it began operating direct flights to Los Angeles in 1992. With 98 weekly round-trip flights, the airline currently serves ten North American destinations, including Houston, Dallas, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco, Vancouver, Toronto, and Washington, D.C. This is more than the combined North American service of fellow Taiwanese carriers China Airlines and Starlux Airlines.
North America accounts for over 40% of EVA Air’s passenger income and nearly 70% of its cargo revenue, according to Sun.
He continued by saying that foreign transit traffic is a key factor in Taiwanese airlines’ future expansion due to the country’s comparatively tiny domestic market.
Taiwan handled 6.69 million transit passengers in 2025, up from 5.32 million in 2019, according to data from Taoyuan International Airport Corporation. Transit passengers accounted for 15.2% of all travellers through the airport during the first five months of 2026, with 3.29 million, a 51% increase over the same period in 2019.
Sun also emphasised the airline’s cargo business’s robust expansion, which was fuelled by the growing market for goods linked to artificial intelligence. Currently, 40–50% of EVA Air’s cargo revenue comes from goods relating to AI.
The airline intends to increase its dedicated freighter fleet from the existing nine aircraft to twelve by 2028 in order to meet future cargo demands.
