May 31--EVA Air will start flying nonstop from Chicago's O'Hare International Airport to Taipei, Taiwan, in early November.
A Chicago Department of Aviation spokeswoman said Taipei is a new destination for travelers at O'Hare. There is no service from Midway Airport to Taiwan or mainland China.
Starting Nov. 3, EVA will leave O'Hare at 12:20 a.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays and land at Taipei's Taoyuan International Airport at 6 a.m. the next day.
A North America-bound flight will leave Taoyuan on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays at 7:50 p.m. and arrive in Chicago at 7:40 p.m. the same day.
The airline said it plans to offer daily flights from Chicago to Taipei starting May 2017.
By year-end, EVA said it will offer 76 flights a week between North America and Taipei.
The city of Chicago said the new EVA Air flights will help it reach its goal of hosting 55 million annual visitors by 2020. Other newly added international service from Chicago include China Eastern Airlines beginning nonstop service to Shanghai, as well as Icelandair's service to Reykjavik, Iceland. O'Hare's existing carriers have increased the number of flights to destinations in Finland, Ireland, Italy, Panama and Turkey, the city said.
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