EVA Brings Hello Kitty Shining Star Service to Chicago

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May 31, 2017, 20:46 ET

Uses cheerful plane to add three flights a week to existing four

CHICAGO, May 31, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- EVA Air is making flying fun for travelers from Chicago and throughout the Midwest with its Hello Kitty Shining Star Jet, starting today (May 31, 2017). EVA is using the cheerfully painted plane to add three weekly flights to the four it already operates with Boeing 777-300ERs in standard livery, increasing Chicago service to daily through the busy summer travel season. Travelers can learn more about the unique Hello Kitty and Sanrio Family Jets at http://www.evakitty.com/en/index.html and book and buy tickets through travel agents, EVA ticket offices or www.evaair.com.

EVA Air makes flying fun from Chicago with its Hello Kitty Shining Star Jet. It uses the specially painted plane for three of seven weekly nonstop flights to Asia.

EVA and Sanrio created the Hello Kitty Shining Star Jet with a cast of colorful characters painted the length of the plane, starting at the nose with Little Twin Stars Kiki and Lala flying through clouds with their teddy bear while, behind the wing, Hello Kitty and My Melody comfortably sail along on stars.

EVA flight BR55 departs O'Hare International Airport at 12:30 am and arrives at Taoyuan International Airport near Taipei, Taiwan at 4:30 am the following day. Inbound from Asia, flight BR56 leaves Taipei at 7:50 pm and gets to Chicago at 9:10 pm the same evening. EVA flies its Hello Kitty Shining Star Jet from Chicago on this time schedule on Monday, Thursday and Saturday and to Chicago on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.

To and from Chicago, EVA offers three cabin choices, Royal Laurel Class business, Elite premium economy and Economy. Royal Laurel Class passengers get lie-flat seats and Rimowa amenity kits. Those in Elite Class have extra room, amenity kits, cozy blankets and pillows and the privacy of their own separate cabin. And in all three cabins, travelers enjoy EVA's warm, friendly service, good Eastern and Western foods, in-seat entertainment systems Wi-Fi and Global Roaming.

EVA currently flies six specially painted aircraft on routes within Asia and long-haul to Paris and, now, Chicago. Its other Hello Kitty planes are the Hand-in-Hand, Joyful Dream and Celebration Flight Jets. Its Sanrio-family aircraft are the gudetama Comfort Flight and Bad Badtz-Maru Travel Fun planes. EVA is unveiling Friendship Bows in June, the last in its current series of new and refreshed specially painted liveries.

About EVA Air:
EVA Air, a Star Alliance member, is one of only nine 5-Star Airlines worldwide. It flies a fleet of over 70 Boeing and Airbus aircraft to more than 60 international destinations throughout Asia, Oceania, Europe and North America where gateways are Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto and Vancouver. Travelers can learn more about EVA's services, schedule and book and buy tickets at www.evaair.com and become acquainted with it Hello Kitty and Sanrio family planes and routes at http://www.evakitty.com/tw/.