Starlux Airlines is all set to begin scheduled flights to San Francisco from Taipei, thrice weekly starting December 2023. San Francisco will be the airline’s second destination in California and in the United States. It started flights to Los Angeles in April.
The airline received its first two A350s in October 2022 and since then have been planning to expand operations in North America. In February the airline launched services to Los Angeles.
The distance between San Francisco and Taipei is approximately 6470 miles and the airline plans to deploy its A350-900 on the route. The aircraft has 306 seats in a four-class configuration with First class and premium economy.
Starlux currently has 18 A350-900s on order making it the first airline in Taiwan to offer first class seats.