
ANA to take remaining ‘Flying Honu’ A380 to spice up Hawaii route
All Nippon Airways (ANA), Japan’s largest airline for seven consecutive years, will probably be launching the third of its specifically designed ‘Flying Honu’ Airbus A380s, permitting for ANA to supply each day by day flights between Narita and Honolulu on these distinctive plane.
It presently offers two flights day by day on the Narita-Honolulu route, with 10 flights served by Airbus A380s and 4 operated by Boeing 777s. Beginning on 1 July, ANA will start concurrently working its three Airbus A380s*2 to help the rise in spherical journeys on these plane from 10 to 14 per week.
Ranging from 9 January, passengers who had bought tickets for this route on a Boeing 777-300ER plane departing on or after 1 July will probably be notified concerning the change of plane.
“We took nice care within the design of our Flying Honus so as to add touches corresponding to family-friendly seating and a customized inside that make it properly suited to the Narita-Honolulu route,” stated Seiichi Takahashi, senior vp of ANA.
The primary Flying Honu entered service on the Narita-Honolulu route in Could 2019, painted in blue to characterize the Hawaiian blue sky. The second is emerald inexperienced which is impressed by the crystal-clear water of the Hawaiian ocean. Each of the plane and their distinctive livery have been properly obtained by passengers. The third one options livery in orange impressed by the Hawaiian sundown. The ultimate rollout of this airplane will happen in late January 2020 and it’s deliberate to be obtained in April 2020.