Review of EVA Air flight from Taipei to Tokyo in Economy

EVA

BR - EVA Air

Flight taken on 12 November 2024
BR196
15:20 01h 00m 17:20
Class Economy
Seat 42A
NGD16
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This report will cover the connecting flight from Taipei to Tokyo Narita with EVA Air. This will also be my first time to fly the Boeing 787-10. As of November 2024, EVA Air has 12 B787-10, with another 5 on order.



After arriving from Hong Kong, we passed through the security check again. Our flight to Tokyo Narita was assigned at gate C5. Our scheduled boarding time was 14:50pm, we still had some times left so we just visited those duty-free shops and brought ourselves a drink.


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As the boarding time approached, we returned to the gate. Our ride to Tokyo Narita. Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner B-17811, delivered to EVA Air in April 2023.


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Boarding was started at 14:45. As indicated on the boarding pass, we were in zone 2 of the boarding sequence. We boarded the plane right after the priority boarding.


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My seat 42A in the second compartment of the economy class. A pillow was placed already on our seats.


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Seatmap by aeroLOPE. Compared with EVA Air's B787-9, there are 8 more seats in Business class and 30 more seats in Economy class.


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View of the economy cabin during boarding. The seats in economy class are configured in 3-3-3. There are 34 seats in business class and 308 in economy class.


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Back of the economy seat. The seats are identical to those in B787-9


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View out of my seat.


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The loading of this flight was quite low, similar to the previous flight. From my observation, it was around 30% with many empty seats.


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At 15:05pm, our captain Mr. Watanabe informed us the flight time of 2 hours and 45 minutes, and the cruising altitude to be 39000 fleet. Pushback was initiated at 15:10pm.


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safety demonstration video was then played.



Passing through a parked ANA B787-9, JA877A. It will fly back to Tokyo Haneda later.


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Taxing to the runway for takeoff.


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Shortly before takeoff, the cabin light was switched to some sort of mood lighting.


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Eventually we took off from runway 05R at 15:26pm


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Very soon after takeoff, we disappeared in the rain cloud. Then I took a look at the main menu of the IFE.


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Next, I checked what meal they were going to serve for this flight. There were two choices.
1. Wok Fried Shredded Pork in Yu-Shion Sauce, Steamed Rice
2. Braised Beef with Mushroom in Tomato Concasse, Roasted Potatoes


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I started to watch the movie, Twisters.


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I tried to connect the inflight Wi-Fi service. EVA Air provides 30 minutes free service which is good enough for this kind of short flight.


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30 minutes after takeoff, the meal was served. I opted for the beef option with orange juice as the drink. It was very tasty. Not long after that, all the windows were dimmed.


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At 16:28pm, I visited the lavatory. Apart from the hand wash, there were also hand sanitzing gel, aroma mist and body cream.


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View of the front economy class cabin, most of them were unoccupied.


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The sun began to set by the time we reached Kyushu in Japan.


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Passing through Kagoshima Bay. Sakurajima volcano could barely be seen below. About 20 minutes later, the cabin lights were turned off.


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At 17:20pm, our captain announced that we would be landing at 19:05pm and expected to start the descend in 10 minutes. Cabin lights were once again turned on for final landing check.


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At 19:04pm, we touched down on Tokyo Narita Airport. The total flight time was 2 hours and 37 minutes.


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Total flight route.


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Thanks for reading!

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Product ratings

Airline

EVA Air 8.8

  • Cabin9.0 / 10
  • Cabin crew9.0 / 10
  • Entertainment/wifi8.5 / 10
  • Meal/catering8.5 / 10
Departure airport

Taipei - TPE8.5

  • Efficiency8.5 / 10
  • Access8.5 / 10
  • Services8.5 / 10
  • Cleanliness8.5 / 10
Arrival Airport

Tokyo - NRT8.5

  • Efficiency8.5 / 10
  • Access8.5 / 10
  • Services8.5 / 10
  • Cleanliness8.5 / 10

Conclusion

A very comfortable flight with EVA Air. This is also the first time for me to fly this route and the aircraft.

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