Taiwanese carrier Starlux Airlines operated its final flight on the Taipei-Manila route on Saturday, March 30, 2024, marking the end of service to the Philippine capital.
The last flight, JX-786, departed Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport at 11:49 am local time and arrived at Taipei’s Taoyuan International Airport at 1:32 pm.
The route suspension comes as Starlux adjusts its network for the IATA summer schedule beginning March 31, 2024.
Prior to the suspension, flights between Taipei and Manila were operated three times weekly aboard the airline’s Airbus A321neo aircraft.
Inaugurated on July 8, 2021, with twice-weekly flights, the Taipei-Manila route served as an early expansion point for Starlux in the Philippines.
Starlux will continue to provide direct flights from Taipei to Cebu and Clark, utilizing the same Airbus A321neo aircraft.
The airline currently operates daily flights to Cebu and three weekly flights to Clark.
While ending Taipei-Manila, Starlux is also adding new routes this summer including Taipei-Seattle and increasing frequency on other Southeast Asian routes like Taipei-Tokyo (Narita).
The airline was founded in 2018 and commenced operations in 2020 as a premium carrier based at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport. Its current fleet consists entirely of Airbus A321neo, A330neo, and A350-900 aircraft.
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