The story
The airline was established on May 1, 1997, as Servicio de Transporte Aéreo Regional by the chief executive, Valentin Kasyanov. Operations were inaugurated on May 24, 1998, with a single Antonov An-32 flying cargo and charter services around South America and Peru. The name would later be changed to Star Up and later Star Perú.
In late 2004, Star Perú began scheduled commercial domestic flights after having acquired a Boeing 737-200. Based on monthly growth of passenger traffic, Star Perú was the fastest-growing airline in Peru in 2005. Near the end of 2007, Star Perú offered nine destinations within Peru. Some of the new destinations in large cities such as Arequipa and Cusco would later be suspended.
In 2017 the Ministry of Transport and Communications granted Star Perú access to international flights. The airline was able to obtain a flight to Rio Branco in Brazil but the destination has since been terminated. Around the same time, Star Perú operated flights to Santiago via the Chilean airline, Latin American Wings (LAW). Star Perú continued to fly to and from Santiago until LAW suspended operations in 2018.
In May 2019, Star Perú ended the operation of its BAe 146 and Bombardier CRJ-200 aircraft. For the destinations on which the Boeing 737 cannot land in, two Dash 8 Q400s were acquired. Star Perú was set to merge with Peruvian Airlines after being acquired by the airline in May 2019. The merge was for both airlines to have a larger share of the Peruvian Market, which was largely controlled by foreign subsidiaries such as Sky Airline Peru and the largest, LATAM Perú. It worked very closely with Peruvian Airlines until it went bankrupt in October 2019. It was around this time that many Peruvian airlines such as the previously said Peruvian Airlines and LC Perú went bankrupt. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, Star Perú suspended all operations in 2020. Now, Star Perú continues its operations and have obtained new Boeing 737s. Since 2022, the airline began operating charter flights to various neighboring countries for Peruvian football clubs and the Peru national football team during their participation in international competitions and friendlies. It has become the main airline of transport for football club Alianza Universidad.
In 2023, Star Perú and Plus Ultra Líneas Aéreas signed an agreement to have the two airlines provide connecting flights from Madrid and Lima to Star Perú's domestic destinations, in addition with Copa Airlines from Panama City. In May 2024, Star Perú joined the Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA). ALTA's mission is to make air transport in Latin America and the Caribbean safer and more environmentally friendly. Its 46 airlines in its network collaborate with each other to work towards this goal. Star Perú will have its ALTA Aviation Safety, Flight Ops & Training Summit in Lima on 18-20 June 2024. Around the same time, Avsoft partnered with the airline. Star Perú would receive access to Avsoft's Learning Management System for the delivery of new aircraft and more experienced pilots. The airline has since been working with Atsa Airlines to expand their route network.
In 2026, Star Perú's fleet of Q400's were authorized to do domestic cargo charter flights. The airline applied to the General Directorate of Civil Aeronautics to renew its permit to international destinations, gained in 2017, which provided unscheduled and charter routes to South America and the Caribbean. Star Perú submitted a list of six destinations, being, Bogotá, Punta Cana, Miami, Panama City, Quito, and Guayaquil, all from Lima. In addition, the airline applied for a destination to Piura, planning to connect the city with its possible international destinations in Ecuador. The airline plans to operate these routes with future Boeing 757, and 767's, along with their existing fleet.
From Wikipedia’s article on Star Perú, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4