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EVA Air Expands Vancouver-Taipei Service
aiwanese-based EVA Air is expanding its service from Vancouver to Taipei and adding two extra flights from June 23 to August 27, 2007. The additional flights will be operated on Sunday and Tuesday, using 777-300ER aircraft. Currently EVA Air operates three flights per week from Vancouver arriving in Taipei at 5:10 a.m. local time with good
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connections to all south East Asia destinations. An affiliate of shipping conglomerate Evergreen Group, EVAAir is the largest privately owned Taiwanese airline. Established in 1989, EVA Air became the launch customer for the Boeing 777-200LR in 2000. At the same time, the airline ordered four Boeing 777-300ERs, the first of which entered service as EVAAir’s new flagship aircraft in July 2005.
B.C.’s Airport Ready For Takeoff n May 8, Vancouver Airport Authority opened Gate C38, YVR’s new $17-million regional commuter facility serving 30-plus destinations throughout B.C. With room to accommodate up to eight aircraft at once, plus 2,000 square metres of comfortable waiting areas for passengers, Gate C-38 will help YVR remain a regional as well as international gateway. This project is also an important component of the $1.4-billion construction program currently underway at YVR. Passengers travelling to one of 33 BC destinations served by YVR will find that C-38 offers: • Comfortable seating for 400 • Multiple TV viewing areas • Children’s play area • Internet kiosks and full wireless capability throughout • Floor-to-ceiling glass windows in the seating area offering a great, ground-level perspective of the airfield • Close proximity to other gates for connecting passengers • 115 square metres of future retail, food and beverage space • Barrier-free access for passengers with disabilities.
Readers’ Choice Awards Favourite YVR Shop, Service And Restaurant
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With YVR’s domestic traffic expected to surpass the 8.7-million passenger mark this year, the opening of C-38 couldn’t come at a better time. While some regional flights will continue to use existing gates in the B Pier and the South Terminal, the new wing will be used primarily by Air Canada Jazz, which operates approximately 55 per cent of all regional flights out of YVR. For a complete list of destinations served by YVR, visit the flight information section at www.yvr.ca.
Premium Pay-Per-Use Lounge Opens In Domestic Terminal omestic passengers travelling out of YVR can now enjoy a first-class lounge experience at YVR’s new Plaza Premium Lounge, located post-security at the junction between A and B piers in the Domestic Terminal. Open to all domestic passengers, regardless of airline, travel class or membership programs, the Plaza Premium Lounge offers spectacular runway views, comfortable seating, refreshments and business services for a $25 entrance fee. Owned and operated by Plaza Premium Lounge Management Limited, the concept comes to YVR from Asia, where it is popular with business travellers and vacationers alike at airports in China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore. YVR was a natural fit for the pay-per-use lounge model, given the airport’s position as the premier North American gateway to Asia. “For several years, our international travellers have been enjoying the existing Plaza Premium Lounge in the International Terminal, and we’re pleased to now extend this premium lounge experience to our domestic trav-
Since its founding, EVA Air has expanded to include air cargo, airline catering, ground handling, aviation engineering and tour package services. Earlier this month, EVA Air completed its first B747-400 freighter conversion—the first of a series of B747-400s to be converted over the next two years.
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(Left to right) Kim Abrams, marketing coordinator, retail and passenger services, Vancouver Airport Authority; Clare Ash, grand-prize winner Readers’ Choice Awards; Joan Stewart, associate publisher, SkyTalk.
or the past two months, airport employees and the travelling public were invited to vote for their favourite YVR shop, service and restaurant in the third annual SkyTalk Readers’ Choice Awards. Ballot boxes were placed throughout the terminals and at YVR Customer Information Counters for voters to deposit their ballots. A special Readers’ Choice Awards insert in the March and April issues of SkyTalk listed the Merchants at YVR, all of whom provided a variety of prizes for weekly draws. Entrants voting for their favourite YVR shop, service and restaurant were automatically entered to win the weekly draws and were included in a grand prize draw for a trip for two to Paris, courtesy Zoom Airlines. Once again, the Readers’ Choice Awards campaign was a great success with more than 2,000 votes tallied. This year’s Readers’ Choice winners are: • Favourite place to shop at YVR: The Body Shop. • Favourite place to eat at YVR: Tim Hortons. • Favourite service provider at YVR: BC Lottery Ticket Centre (Domestic Terminal).
F ellers,” said Christopher Gilliland, manager, retail sales and services, Vancouver Airport Authority. “This popular service is yet another way that we strive to offer our customers an enjoyable travelling experience at YVR.” Features of note include comfortable seating for 100, computers equipped with Internet access, plus full Wi-Fi capability throughout the lounge. Refreshments included SEE PREMIUM LOUNGE,
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