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Eva Air will join the runway at DFW Airport with flights to Taipei

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A new airline will join the runway at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport: Called EVA Air, it's a Taiwan-based airline that's expanding its service to the U.S., including adding nonstop flights from Taipei to Dallas/Fort Worth.

According to a statement from the airline, the new service will commence in late 2025. This represents the seventh route to the U.S. for EVA.

UPDATE 4/22/2025: Dallas Fort Worth International Airport will welcome its first nonstop service to Taipei this fall as EVA Air plans to begin offering the service from DFW on October 3, 2025. EVA Air will operate three weekly flights from Taoyuan International Airport to DFW, not the five that were previously announced.
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The flights are scheduled to start ~~November 3, 2025, with plans for five weekly flights~~ between Taipei (TPE) and Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW).

"Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport is ranked as the third busiest in the world by passenger traffic. With frequent business activities and convenient connections to Central and South America, the new route is expected to fulfill high passenger and cargo demands," EVA's statement said.

According to AirlineGeeks, EVA Air president Sun Chia-Ming credited the growth at DFW as well as a shift in tech companies from California.

Further details will be announced once finalized including exact schedule, aircraft, and ticket price, which are still to be determined.

According to Business Traveler, EVA currently offers U.S. flights from Taipei to Houston George Bush Intercontinental, Chicago O’Hare, New York (JFK), Los Angeles, and San Francisco, and Seattle-Tacoma.

DFW Airport has recently seen an influx of new destinations and carriers planning to offer service, including

Air India, which will offer nonstop flights between DFW and New Delhi
Cathay Pacific, which will launch a new nonstop route between DFW and its hub in Hong Kong beginning in April 2025
Fiji Airways, which will launch its new direct flights from DFW to Fiji on December 10, operating three times per week: every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, with flights also going to New Zealand and Australia.

Speaking of Australia, American Airlines added a new direct nonstop to Brisbane in February 2024.

The airport also just broke ground on Terminal F, its long-awaited sixth passenger terminal, which is expected to open in 2027. If all that's not enough, it was also recently awarded the honor of being home to the No. 1 best airport bar in the U.S.

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Home for the Weekend

Dallas-Fort Worth pitmasters fire up for Hill Country BBQ festival

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Hurtado Barbecue will be firing up the grills at the Brownwood festival.

The small Hill Country town of Brownwood is going big for its 2026 Feels Like Home Festival, a barbecue and country music event scheduled for Saturday, October 3. A first wave of 10 participating pitmasters has been revealed, including a few familiar names from the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

The local restaurants represented will be The Original Roy Hutchins Barbecue in Trophy Club, Hurtado Barbecue of Fort Worth and Arlington, and Olmos BBQ of Fort Worth.

The first wave of pitmasters at the Feels Like Home Festival are:

Bosque River Taphouse (Stephenville, TX)
Brantley Creek Barbecue (Odessa, TX)
Hill City Chop House (Tolar, TX)
Hurtado Barbecue (Fort Worth and Arlington, TX)
Olmos BBQ (Fort Worth, TX)
Pody's BBQ (Pecos, TX)
Rossler's Blue Cord Barbecue (Harker Heights, TX)
Schoepf's BBQ (Belton, TX)
The Original Roy Hutchins Barbecue (Trophy Club, TX)
Victorian's Barbecue (Mart, TX)

Brownwood is located between Dallas-Fort Worth, Austin, and Abilene, about a three-hour drive from Dallas. Texas Monthly recently detailed some unique ways to spend the weekend there, a place that's "still obsessed with trains."

“Barbecue has been part of the Feels Like Home experience since day one, and we have always believed it deserves the same level of care and attention that we put into the music lineup,” said festival director Steve Clayton in a statement. “This is about making Feels Like Home more than just another concert or music festival. We want people to come to Brownwood and spend the day discovering incredible country music, eating barbecue from pitmasters they may have driven hours across Texas to try, and enjoying the kind of authentic hometown hospitality that makes this community so special.”

Blue Cord Barbecue Pitmasters at Feels Like Home have plenty of space to spread out.Photo by Levi Thompson

This year, the third for the festival, organizers have updated the barbecue portion of the experience to allow more time for attendees to try everything.

On the musical side, attendees can expect live performances from:

Gary Allan
Scotty McCreery
Mark Chesnutt
Jack Ingram
Caroline Hale

The period between noon and 4 pm will be open for complimentary sampling on the Grass Lawn, which is adjacent to the main stage and more accessible than the previous location. Fans will be able to watch from the barbecue area, so it won't be a tough choice between getting barbecue and enjoying the show. They can also move back and forth between the stage and the barbecue area.

Past attendees haven't just made the drive for a meal. Other activities include mechanical bull riding and axe throwing, and other small interactive elements will offer variety throughout the day.

Feels Like Home will be held at the Brownwood Event Center. Tickets (starting at $82, before a $45 unlimited barbecue add-on) are available at feelslikehomefest.com.

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