A startup airline plans to begin flights between Kitakyushu and Tokyo, primarily targeting business travelers, when a planned new airport opens here in 2005, the company's president said Friday.
The carrier Star Flier was set up last December by former officials of companies including Japan Airlines, Japan Air System and All Nippon Airways.
The Kitakyushu-based airline is soliciting funds from local firms in a bid to increase its capital to 3 billion yen from the current 10 million yen, Star Flier President Takaaki Hori said.
Some local companies have expressed a willingness to put up capital.