StarFlyer
Sign in to save, styled as StarFlyer, is a Japanese airline headquartered on the grounds of Kitakyushu Airport in Kokuraminami-ku, Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture. It describes itself as a "hybrid airline" providing a higher level of service than low-cost carriers while having operating costs lower than full-service legacy carriers. Although the airline's IATA code is 7G, domestically it has also used the code MQ (which is designated outside Japan by the IATA to Envoy Air) for its flights.
Key facts
- Airline.airline
- StarFlyer''''
- Airline.logo
- StarFlyer logo.svg
- Airline.logo_size
- 100
- Airline.image
- Airbus A320-214, StarFlyer AN1775946.jpg
- Airline.caption
- StarFlyer A320-214 in standard livery
- Airline.IATA
- 7G
- Airline.ICAO
- SFJ
- Airline.callsign
- STARFLYER
- Airline.founded
- (as Kobe Airlines)
- Airline.headquarters
- Kitakyushu Airport, Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
- Airline.key_people
- Osamu Machida (President)
- Airline.frequent_flyer
- Star Link
- Airline.fleet_size
- 10
- Airline.destinations
- 7
- Airline.revenue
- JPY 25.1 billion (FY2013)
- Airline.net_income
- JPY 287 million (FY2013)
- Airline.assets
- JPY 17.1 billion (FY2013)
- Airline.equity
- JPY 4.8 billion (FY2013)
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14 sectionsContents
- History
- Corporate affairs
- Destinations
- Scheduled
- Charter
- Codeshare agreements
- Fleet
- Current fleet
- Fleet development
- Livery
- Cabin and services
- Frequent-flyer program
- References
- External links
, styled as StarFlyer, is a Japanese airline headquartered on the grounds of Kitakyushu Airport in Kokuraminami-ku, Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture. It describes itself as a "hybrid airline" providing a higher level of service than low-cost carriers while having operating costs lower than full-service legacy carriers. Although the airline's IATA code is 7G, domestically it has also used the code MQ (which is designated outside Japan by the IATA to Envoy Air) for its flights.
==History== thumb|The Shin Kokura Building formerly housed the StarFlyer headquarters. StarFlyer was founded as on December 17, 2002 with the intention of being based at the new Kobe Airport. The company changed its name to StarFlyer in May 2003, and moved to Kitakyushu at the end of 2003. The airline was founded by former Japan Airlines technician Takaaki Hori and former All Nippon Airways executive Yasushi Muto, who respectively served as president and senior vice president of the company until 2009. Its headquarters were initially in the in Kokura Kita-ku, Kitakyūshū; in 2010 the airline announced that the headquarters would move to Kitakyushu Airport.