Starlux Airlines
Taiwanese airline based on Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
Starlux Airlines (Chinese: 星宇航空; pinyin: Xīngyǔ Hángkōng, styled STARLUX) is a Taiwanese full service carrier headquartered in Taipei. It was established in 2018 by Chang Kuo-wei, who also served as Captain of its maiden flight on 23 January 2020. Starlux is one of three major international airlines operating in Taiwan, along with China Airlines and EVA Air. Taoyuan International Airport is its hub airport.
History
The company name "STARLUX" is derived from the Chinese character "星宇," named by the founder Chang Kuo-wei. The character "星" (star) refers to his father, Chang Yung-fa, founder of the Evergreen Group, who used to navigate by looking at the stars before the advent of GPS. The character "宇" (universe) reflects Chang Kuo-wei's own aspirations. Together, these characters symbolize the company's hope to soar into the universe without limits.
The company was registered in 2016 with the Taiwanese Ministry of Economic Affairs. Chang Kuo-wei, the former chairman of rival Taiwanese airline EVA Air and the son of Evergreen's founder, confirmed the registration on 30 November 2016. The airline registered with the Taiwanese Civil Aeronautics Administration in the first half of 2017, and it was planned in late 2016 that the airline would commence operations in 2018.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Starlux Airlines” as taiwanese airline based on Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as taiwanese airline based on Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q28056940. The first chronological checks are 2018, 2020, 2016 and 2017.
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This entry incorporates text from “Starlux Airlines” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.