Blog - Osaka #1: StarFlyer
Osaka #1: StarFlyer
We spent the weekend in Osaka! It was my first time there, I was very excited about it and had a great time!
StarFlyer, a still very small domestic airline in Japan, just started a new service between Tokyo and Osaka, and they have an introductory rate of ¥8000 (one way) until the end of the month! So we headed to Osaka on the first day of service, taking the line's 2nd ever public flight from Tokyo to Osaka.
StarFlyer has a quite classy image, black planes with black interior, all seats in leather and a good entertainment system. They also serve Tully's coffee that comes with a complementary chocolate square, yum.
But to top it all, would you believe that they had hired Nomiya Maki to do the safety video on board!? I mean, isn't that a perfect match? Well unfortunately it seems that the video didn't feel serious enough, they were afraid that passengers wouldn't be attentive to the guidelines or something, and she replaced by some boring guy. :( I'd sure love to see the Maki version though. Oh well.
At Haneda airport, it seems that they weren't able to allocate the plane to a normal gate, and instead passengers have to board buses to get to the plane that's waiting in the distance. That's a bit of a bummer, but it does give a small tour of the airport and some good views of the planes. Also just before boarding passengers are given a chance (no, wait, they just take it anyway) to take a photo or two of the plane which is quite nice!
Larger sizes and more photos at Flickr
There's a lot more to come about this Osaka trip, you can check my Flickr for a sneak peek (though not even half is uploaded at this moment), but there's some more adventures to come in the following days so I might be a bit slow to update.
Posted on September 17, 2007 at 01:50 | Tweet
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