Taipei  - Taiwan's major carrier EVA Airways Monday announced the launch of new flight services to the Japanese cities of Miyazaki and Komatsu beginning June.

"The service starts on June 1 with two flights a week between Taipei and each of the new destinations," the airlines said in a statement.

It will also increase flights to another Japanese city of Sendai from two to five flights a week beginning July 1, the airlines said. (dpa)