How STARLUX Became The Most Dangerous Airline No One Is Talking About

In March 2016, while KW Chang was flying a Boeing 777 toward Singapore, his family voted him out of the company he had spent twenty years building. No warning. No negotiation. Just a phone call on the ground. Most people would have walked away. KW Chang built an airline instead. This is the story of Starlux Airlines — how a fired executive with a mechanic's license and a pilot's type rating launched the most unconventional airline in modern aviation history, survived a global pandemic in its first weeks of operation, and achieved in five years what his former airline took twenty-seven to accomplish. It is also a story about semiconductors, family betrayal, and what happens when someone with nothing left to lose decides to compete. 00:00 — The coup that happened mid-flight 00:47 — The Evergreen empire and Eva Air 01:38 — The son who started as a mechanic 02:48 — The palace coup 04:07 — Building Starlux from nothing 05:56 — The inaugural flight and COVID 07:15 — The five-star revenge 08:21 — The financial reality 09:12 — The semiconductor corridor 10:23 — The threats and the man