Star Flyer Inc. announced its September 2026 results. Domestic passenger numbers rose 7.2% year on year to 143,140, while the overall load factor remained high at 84.5%. The Kitakyushu–Taipei international route resumed service, and routes serving Fukuoka performed particularly well.
Star Flyer Inc. announced its September 2026 traffic results. Passenger numbers across all domestic routes rose 7.2% year on year to 143,140, available seats increased 0.9% to 170,204, and the overall load factor was 84.5%. The completion factor was 98.2%, and the on-time departure rate was 86.9%.
By route, the Fukuoka–Haneda route had the highest load factor of all routes at 96.5%, with 489 flights operated. The Kitakyushu–Haneda route had a load factor of 75.0% and 623 flights operated, exceeding the previous year. The Fukuoka–Sendai route, which began service on 3 October 2025, recorded a 75.5% load factor on 120 flights, a 100% completion factor and a 92.5% on-time departure rate.
The domestic traffic results do not include seats sold by ANA. On international routes, the Kitakyushu–Taipei route resumed service after an extended suspension, recording 25 flights, 3,750 seats, 2,954 passengers, a 78.8% load factor, a 100% completion factor and a 92.0% on-time departure rate in September.
The breakdown of load factors by route was 96.5% for Fukuoka–Haneda, 88.8% for Fukuoka–Chubu, 84.1% for Yamaguchi-Ube–Haneda, 79.8% for Kansai–Haneda, 75.5% for Fukuoka–Sendai, 75.0% for Kitakyushu–Haneda and 84.5% for all domestic routes combined.