Wednesday, April 22, 2009

StarFlyer

When I made a trip to Kitakyusyu, I used StarFlyer. It is an airline based in Kitakyusyu, Fukuoka. Their Airbus A320 is painted in black, which is really cool & elegant. Airbus A320 can have around 180 people in the cabin; however, StarFlyer's have only 144 seats per airplane. That means its leather seat has wider legroom than usual economy seat from the most of airlines. Their economy seats are better than others.
A cup of coffee & chocholate.
I had a cup of coffee during the flight. That was the best coffee I have ever had. According to them, you can drink that cup of Tully's coffee only on the StarFlyer flights.
This picture is the view from the cabin. I believe that I took the scenery of Moji & Shimonoseki.
I didn't have any plan for where to go for this trip, other than Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome. I picked up a on-board magazine, which led me to Idemitsu Museum and others. That StarFlyer/GQ magazine helped my trip in Kitakyusyu. They also give me a free magazine from the City of Kitakyusyu.
By the way, I took 9:00 p.m. flight for returning to Tokyo. During the airplane's departure from the Kitakyusyu airport, I was thinking when it would take off. I knew it was running on the runway. I felt it was too long to run on it. I didn't see anything from the window because it's middle of the night. I was wrong. The fleet was already in the sky when I was thinking it would be running on the runway. I just didn't realize it already took off.
北九州をベースにしているスターフライヤーは、黒に塗られたすごくかっこいいエアバス・320を使っています。この機体はだいたい180人乗りの構成ですが、スターフライヤーでは144人乗りにしています。ということは、革張りの座席とその座席間隔が非常にゆったりしていてくつろげるフライトです。機内で提供されたチョコレートとこの飛行機限定のタリーズコーヒーがとてもおいしく、お洒落な旅を演出してくれます。

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