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planes&trains
They missed EV by two years. Express Jet came in 1986. Eva in 1988. But now if EV winds down, Eva may ask for EV under the controlled duplicate system in six months.
Given that Eva is evergreen, they could have asked for EG, but a JAL subsidiary already had that.
That is a lot of work. I doubt they'll change it since BR/Eva Air is now "established".