Michigan Born
Michigan raised, under the northern lights
Asteria is Pure Michigan airline, built here by people who actually live the winters, the lake effect, and the three-hour "short" drives. This is home turf, not a dot on a corporate route map. We design the whole thing like it has to work for our own families first.
The look, feel, and taste all come from here. Outside, the aircraft carry a northern lights livery inspired by the aurora that shows up over the lakes and the Upper Peninsula on clear winter nights, with deep blues and greens flowing down the fuselage instead of generic corporate stripes.
Inside, cabin lighting and gate design pull from the same palette and North Woods lodge cues: warm materials, calm lighting, and a "welcome back" energy rather than fluorescent chaos.
Local by design
Complimentary drinks and snacks from Michigan breweries, cideries, roasters, and food producers. Regional meal boxes on longer flights. Carhartt-inspired uniforms built for real weather.
Founded by local operators with deep roots in aviation technology, flight operations, and software, not consultants parachuting into a market they've never lived in.
Market Gap
Bypassing hubs and restoring lost routes
Consolidation, scope clauses, and pilot shortages gutted regional flying and left Western & Northen Michigan with a rigged choice: long drives or multi-stop hub runs. City pairs that used to have a simple nonstop now route you through a mega-hub or into a white-knuckle winter drive on icy highways.
The problem
2-to-6+ hour drives replacing simple flights
Our solution
Short-haul nonstops and smart one-stops.
The result
Get people out of cars and back into the air.
Premium Service & Comfort
Regional flying, reimagined
Every seat is premium-economy by design: 2-2 configuration, real legroom, quiet cabin, free Wi-Fi, complimentary snacks and drinks, plus one checked bag included. This isn't first class—it's what economy should have been all along. Enough space to sit like a human, no nickel-and-diming for basics.
Real comfort
2-2 seating with real legroom—no middle seats, no cramped knees.
Michigan-forward
Local craft beer, cider, and snacks from Michigan producers—complimentary on every flight.
Stay connected
Free Wi-Fi that actually works—stream, work, or browse without buffering.
Fleet
Bringing the true turboprop back
We only operate one aircraft - the De Havilland Canada Dash 8-Q400: a fast turboprop with jet-like block times on many routes and significantly better fuel burn than larger jets on the same distances.
The Q400 is sized for routes that cannot support a 737 or A320, which is how you get service restored instead of just hearing why it "doesn't pencil."
The Q400 is sized for routes that cannot support a 737 or A320, which is how you get service restored instead of just hearing why it "doesn't pencil."
We know how to tackle turboprop skepticism head-on.
These aircraft have modern, quiet cabins, strong safety records in demanding weather, and are built for exactly the kind of missions that define the Upper Midwest.
For customers, that translates into more routes, more frequencies, and better odds that the flight you need exists at all.
These aircraft have modern, quiet cabins, strong safety records in demanding weather, and are built for exactly the kind of missions that define the Upper Midwest.
For customers, that translates into more routes, more frequencies, and better odds that the flight you need exists at all.
Jet-like speed
Fast block times on short regional legs
Efficient
Better fuel burn than larger jets
Quiet cabin
Modern, comfortable interiors
Safe
Strong safety records
FAA Part 121 Certification: Asteria Air is pursuing full FAA Part 121 certification as a scheduled air carrier. This is not a public charter or a loophole like others, and not a concept sketch. It is a real airline built to real safety standards.