Friday, July 29, 2011

EVA Air Carriers Is An Airline With An Up And Down Historical Background

By Bernard Petronus Xavier


EVA Air was made possible when the government of Taiwan adopted new measures which effectively lifted restrictions on their air transport industry. The eventual result was EVA beginning flight operations in late 1989 with domestic routes. The company put forth many efforts with hopes of spreading out their business from the 1990's and into the 2000's. Still they were hit hard, just like all the other airlines, upon the hike in fuel prices which caused many changes and also a slowing of expansion. Yet this privately owned airline was swift in making changes and this allowed them to speedily make profits. This strong airline from Taiwan has some fascinating facts which we will reveal.

The home office of this company is actually based in Taiwan in a city called Luzhu. The person responsible for the management of this international company is Chang Kuo-wei. Most of the more technical aspects of business management are handled by the board members under Chang Kuo-wei's supervision. The Chairman of EVA, Lin Bou-shiu, provides the main leadership role, and this is a recent development as of 2011. EVA is involved with partnerships outside of air passenger carriers. Other aspects of this company include Evasion travel services to name a few.

EVA, back in the 1990s, acquired several passenger flight aircraft capable of long distance once they had contracted over 20 international destinations. The company expanded rapidly as over 3 million passengers began to fly every year on their planes. They have a great safety record which is one of the primary motivations for people to fly with this company. Once they had achieved this reputation, they were able to in essence steal their competitors passengers very easily. Toward the end of the 1990s, they applied for certifications that they were granted which allow them to enter new markets and gain additional business.

When fuel prices increased more than 35% in 2007, the airline industry, including EVA, suffered a monetary crisis. The company incurred heavy losses due to this even though all airlines were trying to deal with this scenario, as well. Even in Taiwan, an airline like EVA, is completely at the mercy of oil prices for the continuation of the business. When survival is at stake, companies take drastic steps to counteract big losses, and that is what airlines had to do. To keep their company alive, EVA had to change the schedule of flights, and reduce staffs, in order to cut enough costs to remain in business.

By being smart in thinking and calculated with their thoughts, EVA Air has resumed their validation of what is possible. In the early 1990's they got their foothold with many primary alliances and ultimate mergers with lesser sized airlines. Conversely, EVA continued on being the name of the conglomerate that took over some other airlines. It still took them some years before they displayed their first profits, even though they had to make some major cost-saving changes in the beginning of the twenty-first century. For an airline of Taiwan, the end of the first decade in the 2000's looks excellent and hopeful.

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