An SRC A320 on its final approach to Narita
An SRC A319 at night
A Rocket A320 cruises over the Pacific Ocean.
Star Rocket Airlines (often called Star Rocket or just Rocket) is a minor budget airline in Airport Hero Narita.
Description
Star Rocket is one of three budget airlines in AH Narita, along with Azix and Air Sonic Express. They have their own section in Terminal 2 that includes one gate and three other parking stalls. They are a Japanese airline (when the plane is landing or departing, the P.A. speaks in Japanese like other Japanese airlines) therefore they fly domestically around Japan. This includes Sendai, Naha, Fukuoka, Hiroshima, New Chitose, and Kansai. It is believed that Star Rocket is the predecessor to Japan Sky. It is also possible that they are supposed to represent Vanilla Air.
When a Rocket flight appears on the radar in Operation Mode, the player needs to employ the same tactics required with other budget airlines. SRC flights are constantly on the move. They will land, taxi quickly to the gate, stay for a few minutes, and go back into the player's hands for another trip. They need to keep moving or the player will lose points. Since the assigned gates are near runway 16L/34R, that is the best way to go, but they can also take the long way and go to 16R. They will need to be off the runway very quickly, however. There is no room for delay in that situation.
Like a real budget airline, Rocket doesn't have a very diverse fleet. They only use the A320 and the smaller A319. In another camera stage, it was confirmed there was a Fokker F100 in use on a presumably special flight.
Aircraft Fleet
- Airbus A320-200
- Airbus A319-100
- Fokker F70 (Camera Stage only)
Destinations
- Fukuoka, Japan (Fukuoka Airport)
- Osaka, Japan (Osaka Itami Airport)
- Osaka, Japan (Kansai Int'l Airport)
- Naha, Japan (Naha Airport)
- Sendai, Japan (Sendai Airport)
- Sapporo, Japan (New Chitose Airport)