Among EVA Air’s routes to the United States, besides obvious transpacific nexuses like Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Seattle and centers of business like New York City, is the flight from Taipei to Chicago. As a Star Alliance member, EVA Air is able to take advantage of fellow member United Airlines’s home base to give passengers originating in Taiwan smooth connections to over 100 destinations in the Americas.
Server: Solo
Airline: EVA Air
Aircraft: Boeing 777-300ER
Origin: Chicago O’Hare International Airport, Chicago, Illinois (ORD)
Destination: Taipei Taoyuan International Airport, Taipei, Taiwan (TPE)
Flight Number: BR55
Route: KORD-RCTP
Seat: 5K (Royal Laurel)
Time En Route: 13 Hours 44 Minutes
Ready to board after a 5-hour delay
Takeoff from Chicago and climbout past Lake Michigan
Crossing the Canadian Rockies
34,000 feet over the Gulf of Alaska
Skirting Russian airspace as we turn south
Top of our descent
Touching down in Taipei
Pulling into Gate C9
At the gate