EVA renegotiates Boeing orders, eyes cargo growthBy Kao Shih-ching / Staff reporterEVA Airways Corp (長榮航空) has canceled orders with Boeing Co for seven 787-10 Dreamliner passenger jets, replacing them with orders for three 777F cargo aircraft and four smaller 787-9 jets, as the airline looks to grow its cargo business and optimize its network. “We are happy to have reached an agreement with Boeing about the order adjustment and expect it to help optimize our network,” an EVA official told the Taipei Times yesterday. EVA has received three of 18 787-10 jets that it purchased in 2015. The airline expects the cargo business to continue booming for the next few years, the official said. Including the four 787-9 jets ordered and two 787-10 jets EVA has leased, the airline would have eight 787-9s and 13 787-10s in operation after taking delivery by 2022, the official added.

Source: Taipei Times September 01, 2020 15:56 UTC