Taiwan's EVA Air books 400 mln twd gain on aircraft sale and leaseback deal

Taipei (XFN-ASIA) - EVA Airways Corp (2618.TW) said it is booking capital gain of about 400 mln twd from a 14.92 bln twd sale and leaseback deal struck in April involving two Boeing 777-300ER passenger jets. At 9:14 am on 31-Dec-07, EVA Air was down 0.10 twd at 13.50. (1 usd = 32.50 twd)