Star Flyer Inc. (株式会社スターフライヤー, Kabushiki-gaisha Sutāfuraiyā), styled as StarFlyer, is a Japanese airline headquartered on the grounds of Kitakyushu Airport in Kokuraminami-ku, Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture.
The airline said it would evaluate the flights to consider whether to start regular service between the two cities (in the meantime, its call center handled reservations for Jeju Air on this route).
Hori and Muto resigned from their positions in June 2009, and Shinichi Yonehara, a former Mitsui & Co. aircraft trading executive, became president of the company.
[4] The airline suffered a massive cancellation following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, as 13 of its 29 pilots at the time were non-Japanese, and seven of them were overseas and had refused or were unable to return to Japan.
[12] StarFlyer announced a restructuring in November 2013, as part of which it would cut 30 of its employees, suspend its service to Busan effective March 30, 2014, and reduce its fleet from eleven to nine aircraft.
[16] During the COVID-19 pandemic that began in March 2020, StarFlyer reduced its operations and suspended its international routes to Taipei, before the airline later cancelled its flights between Kitakyushu and Naha with no plans to resume the services.
In December 2022, the airline announced it would be relaunching its international services initially with charter flights between Kitakyushu and Taipei, operating during January and February 2023.
[20] StarFlyer provides ground handling services for Delta Air Lines at Haneda Airport in Tokyo.
Matsui based the airline's brand identity around the concept of a "Mother Comet" taking passengers through space to their destination.
His design work extended to aircraft interiors, airport facilities and in-flight service implements, including the airline's signature leather seats and chocolates.