American Airlines Expands Starlux Partnership: Does It Signal Bigger Asia Plans?
Passengers can book mixed itineraries from Chicago to Taipei under single reservations as codeshares go live Sept 30.
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American & Starlux Launch Codeshare Partnership… Loyalty Reciprocity Next?
American and Starlux are upgrading their interline deal to a codeshare agreement. Here's what routes are covered, and whether loyalty reciprocity could follow.
One Mile at a Time•Ben Schlappig21 Sept- neutral toward Starlux Airlines · 97%
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American / Starlux Plans Codeshare Service From late-Sep 2026
Published at 1500PDT / 2200GMT 20SEP26 American Airlines and Starlux Airlines from late-September 2026 plans to launch reciprocal codeshare partnership, based on American Airlines’ schedule update filed during the weekend of 19SEP26. The pair plans to launch codeshare service on 30SEP26 at the earliest, initially covering following routes. American Airlines operated by Starlux Airlines Taipei Taoyuan – Los Angeles Taipei Taoyuan – Ontario Taipei Taoyuan – San Francisco Taipei Taoyuan – Seattle Starlux Airlines operated by American Airlines (based on American’s schedule listing as Starlux has yet to file codeshare flight schedules) Los Angeles – Atlanta Los Angeles – Charlotte Los Angeles – Chicago O'Hare Los Angeles – Dallas/Ft. Worth Los Angeles – Denver Los Angeles – Las Vegas Los Angeles – Miami Los Angeles – New York JFK Los Angeles – Orlando Los Angeles – Philadelphia Phoenix – Albuquerque Phoenix – Atlanta Phoenix – Austin Phoenix – Boston Phoenix – Charlotte Phoenix – Chicago O'Hare Phoenix – Dallas/Ft. Worth Phoenix – Denver Phoenix – El Paso Phoenix – Kansas City Phoenix – Las Vegas Phoenix – Orlando Phoenix – St. Louis Phoenix – San Diego Phoenix – Tucson Phoenix – Washington Reagan
AAeroRoutes•AeroRoutes - Jim Liu20 Sept
Starlux Airlines First Class On A Short Haul, Intra-Asia Flight: How Good Is It?
After a transpacific flight in Starlux first class, I tried the airline's short intra-Asia first class from Taipei to Tokyo. Here's how the two compared.
One Mile at a Time•Ben Schlappig19 Sept- neutral toward Starlux Airlines · 95%
Starlux Airlines Might Have The World’s Strangest First Class Lounge…
A firsthand look at Starlux Airlines' first class lounge in Taipei, a space-themed, oddly designed experience that doesn't quite match the airline's excellent onboard product.
One Mile at a Time•Ben Schlappig16 Sept- critical toward Starlux Airlines · 93%
Starlux Airlines A350 First Class: A Quirky Product That Exceeded My Expectations
A skeptical review of Starlux Airlines' A350 first class from LAX to Taipei, covering the odd cabin layout, standout service, food, and ground experience.
One Mile at a Time•Ben Schlappig14 Sept- favorable toward Starlux Airlines · 96%
I’m Flying Starlux Airlines First Class: Only One First Class Product Left To Go!
I just booked Starlux's rare first class product for $5,100, leaving only one first class cabin left on my list: Air Cote d'Ivore.
One Mile at a Time•Ben Schlappig8 Sept
Starlux Airlines Starts Selling Miles: I’m More Excited Than I Should Be!!
Folks, Starlux Airlines’ COSMILE frequent flyer program has finally gotten into the business of selling miles to consumers. Objectively it’s a pretty awful deal, as the airline is charging an astronomical four cents per mile (we’ll see if there are promotions in the future).
One Mile at a Time•Ben Schlappig19 Aug
STARLUX completes Sorayama A350-1000 pair with arrival of gold jet
B-58554 joins the silver aircraft delivered in July, completing a two-aircraft project created with Japanese artist Hajime Sorayama
Air Data News•Ricardo Meier19 Aug
STARLUX’s 2nd Airsorayama A350-1000 Arrives, Completing Stunning Gold-And-Silver Pair
STARLUX completes its striking AIRSORAYAMA pair as the A350-1000 becomes central to its long-haul growth strategy.
Etihad Guest launches frequent flyer partnership with Taiwan’s STARLUX
Etihad Guest, the award-winning loyalty programme of Etihad Airways has signed a partnership with Taiwan-based STARLUX Airlines’ COSMILE loyalty programme. The partnership marks the next stage in the airlines’ strategic […]
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STARLUX’s A350-1000 AIRSORAYAMA livery will fly to Prague from September 1st
On August 1st, STARLUX launched flights to Prague, its first European destination. Currently, the route is operated with A350-900 3 times weekly, increasing to 4 weekly from October. Follow Aeronews...
Etihad Guest launches frequent flyer partnership with STARLUX Airlines’ COSMILE
Etihad Guest, the award-winning loyalty programme of Etihad Airways, the national carrier of the UAE, announces a frequent flyer partnership with Taiwan-based STARLUX Airlines’ COSMILE loyalty programme. The partnership marks the next stage in the airlines’ strategic relationship, building on the codeshare agreement signed in June 2025 and the launch of Etihad’s direct services to Taipei in September last year. From 4 August, Etihad Guest members can redeem Etihad Guest Miles for flights in Business and Economy cabins across STARLUX’s network, giving them expanded access to destinations across Asia, North America, and Europe; including onward connections to popular destinations such as Los Angeles, Phoenix and Seattle in the US and Okinawa, Kobe and Nagoya in Japan.
Starlux Airlines launches first European route with Taipei-Prague flight
Starlux Airlines launched its first European route on August 1, 2026, with an inaugural flight between Taoyuan International…
AeroTime•Jean Carmela Lim3 Aug
What American Airlines Should Have Done? STARLUX Airlines Receives “Silver Airsorayama” A350-1000
Airbus has delivered an A350-1000 to Taiwanese carrier STARLUX Airlines with an eye-catching metallic livery!
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AIRSORAYAMA Debuts in North America
Starlux Airlines on July 15, 2026 marked a milestone as its STARLUX AIRSORAYAMA aircraft celebrated its inaugural long-haul commercial service, touching down at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. Flight JX026 featured the new STARLUX AIRSORAYAMA SILVER (B-58553), an Airbus A350-1000 reimagined as a flying masterpiece through a partnership with legendary Japanese artist Hajime Sorayama — making Phoenix […]
World Airline News•Bruce Drum16 Jul
Wide Open: Redeem Alaska Points For Starlux Business Class
In 2023, we saw Alaska Airlines and Starlux Airlines launch a partnership, coinciding with the Taiwanese carrier commencing service to the United States. While award availability was great for about a day when the partnership first launched, unfortunately it has been extremely limited since then. Every so often we see a dump of award availability, and this is one of those cases!
One Mile at a Time•Ben Schlappig15 Jul
STARLUX chairman pilots Airsorayama Silver’s inaugural flight to Tokyo
STARLUX Airlines celebrated a milestone over the weekend of July 11, 2026, as Airsorayama Silver, one of two…
AeroTime•Jean Carmela Lim15 JulA
STARLUX unveils Sorayama-designed A350-1000 special livery
STARLUX Airlines has taken delivery of its first specially painted aircraft, the Airbus A350-1000 STARLUX AIRSORAYAMA Silver, at Airbus’ delivery centre in Toulouse, France. Designed by renowned Japanese artist Hajime Sorayama, the airline describes the aircraft as the world’s largest flying canvas and its first-ever special livery. The aircraft features Sorayama’s signature liquid-metal aesthetic, combining […]
Aviation24.be•André Orban7 Jul
Starlux Airlines receives eye-catching “Silver Airsorayama” A350-1000
Airbus delivered the second A350-1000 with the eye-catching “Airsorayama” livery to Taiwanese carrier Starlux Airlines. “Silver Sorayama” (registration…
AeroTime•Miquel Ros5 Jul