Japan’s ANA is adding a fourth Star Wars-themed aircraft to its fleet, with a Boeing 777-200 in C-3PO livery set to take to the skies from March 2017.
The airline, which launched the C-3PO 777-200 at a Star Wars Celebration Europe event in London, said the aircraft would be flown on domestic Japanese routes.
ANA has also published a video highlighting the newest addition to its Star Wars fleet.
The 777-200 joins a 777-300ER featuring the BB-8 droid, a 767-300ER with both BB-8 and R2-D2 on the fuselage and an R2-D2 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner that is sometimes seen in Australia when it operates ANA’s daily Sydney-Tokyo (Haneda) service.
ANA’s Star Wars aircraft was part of the Star Alliance member’s five-year partnership with The Walt Disney Company.
The Star Wars theme also extended to the inside the cabin, where items such as headrest covers, paper napkins and cups featured characters from the movie franchise. ANA also offered Star Wars movies as part of its inflight entertainment selection.
ANA said the 777-200 will serve mainly Tokyo – Osaka, Sapporo, Okinawa and Fukuoka, although it cautioned operating routes were subject to change without prior notice . (ANA)
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Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA), which is under a five-year contract with The Walt Disney Company, has revealed a new Star Wars-themed C-3PO Boeing 777-200ER to its fleet of Star Wars’ themed liveries. The C-3PO-liveried aircraft will start flying on domestic routes in Japan from the end of March 2017. In September 2015, ANA introduced a R2-D2 themed Boeing 787-9 and in March 2016 it introduced a BB-8 Jet. Video courtesy of ANA.
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Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA) has scheduled the inaugural flight of its newest Star Wars-themed aircraft—a Boeing 777-200 featuring C-3PO—on Tokyo Haneda-Kagoshima service March 21.
The aircraft, which will continue to fly on various Japanese domestic routes, is part of the continuing ANA Star Wars Project.
According to ANA, on the C-3PO ANA JET, “passengers will experience the world of Star Wars with specially designed C-3PO paper cups and headrest covers and cabin attendants will wear C-3PO aprons.”
The C-3PO ANA JET will join ANA’s fleet of existing planes that have Star Wars characters as livery: the R2-D2 ANA JET and BB-8ANA JET both are flying on international routes, while the new C-3PO ANA JET is assigned to Japan domestic routes.
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