{"id":170616,"date":"2025-04-24T09:49:40","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T00:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=170616&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-04-24T10:38:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T01:38:51","slug":"starflyer-bookings-down-golden-week","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/starflyer-bookings-down-golden-week\/","title":{"rendered":"StarFlyer Bookings Down 10% for Golden Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">StarFlyer, based in Kitakyushu, announced that reservations for its flights during the upcoming 11-day Golden Week holiday (April 26\u2013May 6) are down approximately 10% year-on-year as of April 18. While seat capacity remains steady at around 64,700, only about 37,300 seats have been booked, lowering the reservation rate to 57.7%\u2014a 6.5-point decline and the first year-on-year drop since COVID-19 was reclassified in 2023. The company attributes the decline to the unfavorable alignment of weekdays, which makes it harder for travelers to take extended holidays.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The busiest travel days are forecasted for May 3 (departing) and May 6 (returning) on Kitakyushu-Haneda routes, and April 27 (departing) and April 26 (returning) for Fukuoka-Haneda. StarFlyer notes that last-minute bookings remain a common trend in recent years. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20250423\/5010027963.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-170611\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fnn_starflyer-wiki_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1280%2C853&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"StarFlyer Bookings Down 10% for Golden Week\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fnn_starflyer-wiki_2025_cl.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fnn_starflyer-wiki_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fnn_starflyer-wiki_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fnn_starflyer-wiki_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>StarFlyer, based in Kitakyushu, announced that reservations for its flights during the upcoming 11-day Golden Week holiday&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":170614,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-170616","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-travel-tourism","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/170616","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=170616"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}