Starlux Airlines (JX, Taipei Taoyuan) has announced the start of A350-900 revenue flights on January 20, 2023. The airline's pair of Airbus widebodies will begin flying between Taipei and Bangkok Suvarnabhumi and Taipei and Macau International on that date, with the aircraft also operating flights to Tokyo Narita and Los Angeles International over the next few months.
The airline, which already has a fleet of A321-200NX and A330-900Ns flying around Southeast and Northeast Asia, began operations in January 2020. It took delivery of its first A350-900 - B-58501 (msn 480) - on October 26, 2022, and received its second on January 5 - B-58502 (msn 557). ch-aviation fleets ownership data indicates both planes are company owned.
According to releases on Starlux's social media, Starlux's twice daily roundtrip flights between Taipei and Bangkok will switch from A330-900Ns to A350-900s on January 20. The daily A321-200NX roundtrip flight between Taipei and Macau is also switching over to the A350-900N on January 20 and going double daily from February 1, with the A350-900 operating both services.
According to ch-aviation schedules data, Starlux Airlines operates two roundtrip flights a day between Taipei and Tokyo Narita, one operated by an A330-900N and the other by the A321-200NX. From March 1, the A350-900 will take over the A330-900N operated service, JX800/801. Starlux also advises the A350-900 will operate its Taipei - Los Angeles International route which is due to begin sometime in April.
The airline has a further sixteen A350-900s on order. Two more are due later this year, four are scheduled to arrive next year, and the remaining ten through to 2027. Meanwhile, Starlux Airlines also resumed flights between Taipei and Cebu this week. The daily roundtrip flights are operated by an A321-200NX and restarted on January 17.
