{"id":151307,"date":"2023-02-01T17:56:02","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T08:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=151307&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2023-02-01T17:56:02","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T08:56:02","slug":"star-flyer-reports-first-profit-in-three-years","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/star-flyer-reports-first-profit-in-three-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Flyer Reports First Profit in Three Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kitakyushu-based airline, Star Flyer, announced its non-consolidated financial results for the April-December period. The company recorded a loss of JPY 800 million, a significant improvement from the previous year&#8217;s loss of JPY 3 billion. The recovery in passenger demand and the appreciation of the yen led to a decrease in aircraft maintenance costs. Star Flyer&#8217;s cumulative sales increased by 52% YoY to JPY 23.3 billion. Despite the ongoing challenges posed by the pandemic, the airline is confident in its ability to provide unique services. The airline&#8217;s operating income for the October-December period saw a profit of JPY 1.3 billion due to a recovery in demand for its Kitakyushu-Haneda route and other services, as well as cost reductions. This marks the first quarterly operating profitability since <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2019<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/ssl4.eir-parts.net\/doc\/9206\/yuho_pdf\/S100Q1LL\/00.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Star Flyer <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikkei.com\/article\/DGXZQOJC316KS0R30C23A1000000\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nikkei<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/fnn_star-flyer-wiki_2023_cl.jpeg?resize=1280%2C853&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Star Flyer Reports First Profit in Three Years \" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-151313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/fnn_star-flyer-wiki_2023_cl.jpeg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/fnn_star-flyer-wiki_2023_cl.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/fnn_star-flyer-wiki_2023_cl.jpeg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/fnn_star-flyer-wiki_2023_cl.jpeg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo from <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Star_Flyer,_A320-200,_JA23MC_(17765938373).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">lasta29<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Get Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu area news and events in English regularly.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Sign up for our <\/span><b>free<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> weekly newsletter. 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The company recorded a loss of JPY 800 million, a significant improvement from the previous year&#8217;s loss of JPY 3 billion&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":151317,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-151307","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kitakyushu","news-category-business","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/151307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151307"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}