Taipei-based EVA Airways (BR) is "in aggressive talks" to join either oneworld or Star alliance by 2013, senior VP-Europe Tim Yang confirmed to ATW in Vienna. BR competitor China Airlines recently joined SkyTeam. The airline is optimistic it will be accepted in "less than two years from now, hopefully earlier," vice group chairman Raymond Lir told ATW. Lin said that joining an alliance would benefit the carrier's mainland China services. It currently flies to 25 destinations on the mainland. "This business [has] become the most important one to us," Lin said, noting the carrier wants to "increase frequencies."
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