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is a Japanese airline headquartered on the grounds of Kitakyushu Airport in Kokuraminami-ku, Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture.〔"(会社概要 )." StarFlyer. Retrieved on December 20, 2010. "本社 〒800-0306 福岡県北九州市小倉南区空港北町6番 北九州空港スターフライヤー本社ビル"〕 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.〔http://contents.xj-storage.jp/contents/92060/T/PDF-GENERAL/20130814982388.pdf〕 ==History== 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.starflyer.jp/corporate/ )〕 The airline was founded by former Japan Air System 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;〔"(Company Profile )." StarFlyer. Retrieved on May 26, 2009. "Location Shin-Kokura Bldg.,2-2-1 Komemachi Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyusyu-shi Fukuoka 802-0003 JPN"〕 in 2010 the airline announced that the headquarters would move to Kitakyushu Airport.〔"(スターフライヤー、北九州空港へ本社移転-業務効率化目指し今秋に )." Hangata Communications. January 4, 2010. Retrieved on February 15, 2010. "同社の本社機能についてはかねてより2011年に同空港内への移転計画が伝えられていたが、予定を早めて今年秋に実施することを決めたもの。"〕 StarFlyer began service upon the opening of New Kitakyushu Airport on March 16, 2006. All Nippon Airways began an operational relationship with StarFlyer in 2005, allowing StarFlyer to use its computerized reservations system. This relationship expanded to code sharing in 2007, under which StarFlyer service between Haneda and Kitakyushu (and later between Haneda and Fukuoka) was marketed under ANA's airline code. The code sharing immediately boosted StarFlyer's load factors from 59% to over 70%.〔 In April 2008 the company announced that it would begin charter flights to Seoul in July. 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 handles reservations for Jeju Air on this route). In addition, it has also prepared to start charter service to Hong Kong. StarFlyer operated packaged tour charter flights from Kitakyushu to Guam in August 2013 with an aim to provide more "program charter" services in the future. StarFlyer initially planned an IPO in fiscal year 2008, but poor financial and operating performance delayed the IPO; among other issues, the airline failed to use appropriate fuel hedging to control its costs, and also had limited ability to raise capital. 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.〔 Under Yonehara's leadership, the airline completed its IPO on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in December 2011.〔 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 to return to Japan. In December 2012, ANA announced that it had acquired an 18% stake in StarFlyer, making it the largest shareholder in the airline. In 2013, StarFlyer announced that it would start service between Fukuoka and Kansai International Airport in Osaka, targeting business travelers on a highly competitive city pair where the Sanyo Shinkansen high-speed rail service has a market share of around 80%. StarFlyer announced that it would offer discount fares starting at 4,500 yen to compete with both rail service and the discount airline Peach. StarFlyer announced a restructuring in November 2013, as part of which it would offer early retirement packages to 30 employees, suspend its service to Busan effective 30 March 2014, and reduce its fleet from eleven to nine aircraft. StarFlyer was also considering raising fares on its key domestic routes from Haneda to Kitakyushu and Fukuoka. In addition during October 2015, The carrier will add 1 A320 by January 2016 and will move it's Haneda-Osaka route from Kansai International Airport to Osaka International Airport near Osaka by January 2016. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「StarFlyer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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