{"id":179596,"date":"2026-09-04T10:33:05","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T01:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=179596&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2026-09-04T10:33:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T01:33:05","slug":"starflyer-restores-kitakyushu-taipei-service","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/starflyer-restores-kitakyushu-taipei-service\/","title":{"rendered":"StarFlyer Restores Kitakyushu-Taipei Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>StarFlyer resumed scheduled service between Kitakyushu and Taipei on September 2 after a six-and-a-half-year suspension. About 30 people, including Kitakyushu Mayor Kazuhisa Takeuchi and airline representatives, attended a ceremony at Kitakyushu Airport. The route will operate three round trips per week. Around 100 passengers were expected aboard the first departure from Kitakyushu at 11:40 p.m. The first inbound flight was scheduled to arrive early on September 3, when passengers were to be welcomed with a water salute and other activities. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/kbc.co.jp\/news\/article.php?id=18083458&#038;ymd=2026-09-02\" target=\"_blank\">KBC News<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.starflyer.jp\/news\/2025\/news_20260316.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Star Flyer<\/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\/2024\/05\/fnn_fukuoka-airport-may_2024_WEB.jpeg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fukuoka Airport Records First Profit Post-Privatization, star flyer\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-162878\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fnn_fukuoka-airport-may_2024_WEB.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fnn_fukuoka-airport-may_2024_WEB.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fnn_fukuoka-airport-may_2024_WEB.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fnn_fukuoka-airport-may_2024_WEB.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\nPhoto: Fukuoka Now<\/p>\n<p>Get Fukuoka and Kyushu\u2019s top stories delivered to your inbox. The Now is Fukuoka Now\u2019s free biweekly newsletter featuring local news, events, culture, business, and community updates in English. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\">Subscribe to The Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\">this <strong>form<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>StarFlyer resumed scheduled service between Kitakyushu and Taipei on September 2 after a six-and-a-half-year suspension. About 30 people, including Kitakyushu Mayor&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30292,"featured_media":162878,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-179596","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kitakyushu","news-category-general","news-category-travel-tourism","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/179596","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\/30292"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179596"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}