EVA Air

EVA

EVA Air — Star Alliance member

Taipei TPE
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EVA Air Boeing 777-300ER
Photo (resized and cropped): Melv_L - MACASR / CC BY-SA 2.0

Company

Founded 8 March 1989; first flight 1 July 1991. Alliance: Star Alliance (joined June 2013). Fleet as of 1 September 2026: 89 aircraft. Pilot base: Taipei (Taiwan).

Destinations
66
Annual passengers
13,326,018
Company details6 facts · Fleet · Sources
Founded
8 March 1989
First flight
1 July 1991
Alliance
Star Alliancejoined June 2013
Aircraft in service
89 aircraft1 September 2026
Destinations
66including cargo-only destinations · 1 September 2026
Annual passengers
13,326,0182025

Fleet6 types · 1 September 2026

  • B777-300ER32 aircraft
  • B787-99 aircraft
  • B787-1013 aircraft
  • A330-3009 aircraft
  • A321-20017 aircraft
  • B777F (freighter)9 aircraft

SourcesEVA Air, “Company Chronicle”EVA Air, “EVA Values”EVA Air, “EVA Air Fleet”EVA Air, “Main Business and Services”EVA Air, “Operational Data”

Pay

Taxed (Taiwan)

EVA Air Captain, estimated annual pay

$186K

EVA Air First Officer, estimated annual pay

$100K

Our estimate

Submitted payREAL PAY

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Pay published by the airline

  • EVA Air, First OfficerMinimum

    over $100KUSD 100,000

Terms for first officers hired from outside (four-year contract). Allowances and subsidies are extra

Who it covers, what’s included, and when
Captain
Near the middle of the report’s captain range: from NTD 5 million, and NTD 7 million or more for senior captains.As of: February 2024
First Officer
Our estimate
First officer (four-year contract)
over $100KUSD 100,000 annual pay (the figure the airline says is exceeded) · Terms for first officers hired from outside (four-year contract). Allowances and subsidies are extra
  • The airline writes "annual salary over USD 100,000". That is a floor; no ceiling is published.
  • It applies from the first line flight, with allowances and subsidies calculated separately.
  • A year-end bonus tied to company results, a housing subsidy or company accommodation, eight consecutive days off a month and 22–42 days of annual leave are added.
  • These are the terms for first officers hired from outside on a four-year contract.

SourcesEVA Air, “Careers / Job openings / Pilots (en-global edition)”No publication date given · checked 2 October 2026Taoyuan City Pilots’ Union, EVA branch, and EVA Air, “Labour–management agreement (captain pay up NTD 13,500 a month and other rises, confirmed in a Business Today report)”28 January 2024 · checked 2 October 2026Mirror Media (鏡週刊), “【長榮不罷工內幕2】正機師年薪480萬起跳 長榮華航星宇搶第一” (captain pay starts at NTD 4.8 million a year)6 February 2024 · checked 2 October 2026CTWANT, “18萬旅客解套1／長榮機師底薪落後變老三「不罷工換加薪」” (EVA pilots trade a strike for a pay rise)30 January 2024 · checked 2 October 2026

Jobs

Airline’s careers page
Open position
Experienced first officers for the A321, B777 and B787the company’s recruitment page
Contract length
4 yearsexperienced first officer posting
Minimum total flight time
2,000 hoursexperienced first officer posting
Minimum jet time
500 hoursmulti-engine, multi-crew commercial jets with an MTOW above 20 tonnes
Sources1

EVA Air, “Job Openings (Pilots)”checked 4 October 2026

Duty

Days off

8 consecutive days a month

terms of the posting for experienced A321, B777 and B787 first officers

  • Annual leave22 days a year, rising with years of service to up to 42 days a year
  • Paid sick leaveUp to 30 days a year

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Benefits

Housing

Rent subsidy or company accommodation

terms of the posting for experienced A321, B777 and B787 first officers

  • BonusYear-end bonus based on company revenue
  • Staff travelFree and discounted travel (eligible family members included)

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Destinations & layovers

BaseTaipei TPE View on Google Maps

Some destinationsGrouped by region, not by popularity

54 airportsOfficial destinations

Sourcesbasis · conditions · date
Conditions
  • Destinations of EVA Air’s own flights (from the official airport list and timetable). Cities served only by UNI Air and cargo-only airports are not included.
  • These are the airline’s destinations across its whole network. It does not show which aircraft types or bases fly there, or whether crews lay over.
  • Sorted by region (cities with a photo first), not by popularity or number of flights.
Airports not listed
  • Not operating yet (from December 2026)Delhi
  • UNI Air flights onlyChongqing · Dalian · Fuzhou · Nanjing · Qingdao · Shenyang · Shenzhen · Wuxi · Xiamen · Xi’an
  • Partner codeshare flights onlyIstanbul · Auckland
  • Cargo flights onlyPenang · Anchorage · Atlanta
  • In the official list, but there are no flights in the timetableTaichung
  • The airport and the operating airline could not be confirmed in official sourcesGuilin · Jinan · Tianjin · Zhengzhou · Ningbo
As of
Checked in official sources on 8 October 2026
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