According to CNA's report on STARLUX Airlines' (星宇航空) board meeting, second-quarter international jet fuel prices "surged sharply" amid the impact of the U.S.-Iran war, with jet fuel prices up 124% year-on-year — a jump CNA said drove operating costs "substantially higher." [Source-verified]
Liberty Times corroborated the same figure, reporting that "second-quarter jet fuel prices rose 124% year-on-year compared to the same period last year, driving operating costs substantially higher." Liberty Times tied this cost pressure directly to the carrier's first-half results, reporting an after-tax loss of about NT$346 million and a loss of NT$0.11 per share in the same sentence as the fuel-cost figure. [Source-verified]
CNA reported that STARLUX Airlines' board approved first-half 2026 results showing revenue of NT$28.553 billion, up 30% year-on-year and a record high for the same period in the company's history. [Source-verified] Liberty Times' report on the same board meeting used identical figures, stating first-half revenue reached NT$28.553 billion, "up 30% from the same period last year, a record high for the same period." [Source-verified]
On a quarterly basis, CNA reported that the board's approved second-quarter 2026 financial statement showed second-quarter revenue of approximately NT$14.793 billion. [Source-verified]
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-half revenue | NT$28.553 billion | H1 2026 | CNA; Liberty Times |
| First-half revenue, year-on-year growth | 30% | H1 2026 | CNA; Liberty Times |
| Second-quarter revenue | approx. NT$14.793 billion | Q2 2026 | CNA |
| Second-quarter jet fuel price, year-on-year increase | 124% | Q2 2026 | CNA; Liberty Times |
| First-half after-tax net loss | approx. NT$346 million | H1 2026 | CNA; Liberty Times |
| First-half loss per share | NT$0.11 | H1 2026 | Liberty Times |
CNA reported STARLUX's first-half after-tax net loss at approximately NT$346 million. [Source-verified] Liberty Times reported the identical loss figure alongside the per-share detail: "first-half after-tax loss of approximately NT$346 million, a loss of NT$0.11 per share." [Source-verified] Neither report broke out the per-share figure from CNA's account, so the NT$0.11 loss-per-share figure in this article is sourced to Liberty Times.
According to CNA, STARLUX Airlines said that on August 10 it obtained an airport ground-handling service license issued by the Civil Aeronautics Administration under the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, and that it will "gradually expand its airport ground-handling service business" in line with its overall operational planning and the progress of infrastructure expansion at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport. [Source-verified]
Liberty Times reported the same development with a specific date reference, stating STARLUX "officially obtained the airport ground-handling service license issued by the Civil Aeronautics Administration under the Ministry of Transportation and Communications yesterday [August 10]," and that the company will likewise expand ground-handling services in line with its operational planning and Taoyuan airport's infrastructure buildout. [Source-verified]
The two figures reported by CNA and Liberty Times sit in tension: STARLUX's first-half revenue grew 30% year-on-year to a record NT$28.553 billion, yet the company still posted an after-tax net loss of about NT$346 million. Both outlets attribute this gap to the same cause — a 124% year-on-year jump in second-quarter jet fuel prices, which both reports link to the U.S.-Iran war's effect on international fuel markets. The ground-handling license, obtained just one day before the board approved these results (August 10 license, August 11 board approval per both reports), represents a separate line of business the carrier says it will expand alongside Taoyuan airport's infrastructure buildout — though neither report quantifies what revenue or cost impact that expansion might have.
According to CNA and Liberty Times, second-quarter jet fuel prices rose 124% year-on-year amid the U.S.-Iran war's impact on international fuel markets, which both outlets say drove operating costs substantially higher and resulted in a first-half after-tax net loss of about NT$346 million, even as revenue grew 30% year-on-year to NT$28.553 billion.
According to CNA and Liberty Times, STARLUX Airlines obtained the airport ground-handling service license issued by the Civil Aeronautics Administration on August 10.
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