EVA Air (BR, Taipei Taoyuan) would be interested in placing an order for the latest Boeing (BOE, Washington National) 777 variant, the upgraded B777X, the president of the Taiwanese airline Austin Cheng has said. "It won't be available until 2020, so give us some time and we would maybe look at it for 2023," Mr Cheng told Reuters news agency on the sidelines of a meeting of Star Alliance members in Vienna. EVA's long-haul fleet is currently dominated by the B777-300(ER) of which it has sixteen.