According to Sohu. Com, EVA Air was formally established on July 1989 and 1, which was jointly funded by the Development Fund of the Executive Yuan of the Taiwan Provincial Government, the Ministry of Communications and the Kuomintang of China. Focusing on the development of cross-strait routes, Rong Zong and Hutchison Hospital invested in the establishment of airlines. In 2002, EVA Air joined Star Alliance and became a full member of Star Alliance. EVA Air is not a low-cost airline.