Japan carrier All Nippon Airways (ANA) pretty much won over Star Wars fans around the world with its earlier announcement of a R2-D2-themed livery for their Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. And if not all Star Wars fans have been won over then, more would be today as ANA announced the addition of two more Star Wars-themed livery for their jets.
New droid character from Star Wars: The Force Awakens, BB-8, will join R2-D2 in the skies. ANA will showcase both BB-8 and R2-D2 on the outside of a Boeing 767-300. The former droid will also have its standalone livery on a Boeing 777-300ER.
The Star Wars-themed jets will also showcase in-flight decorations, such as headrest covers, paper napkins and cups featuring Star Wars characters. ANA will also be the only airline in the world to offer all six of the currently released Star Wars films as part of its extensive in-flight entertainment options on international routes. This will be the first time that any of the Star Wars movies have been included as part of an in-flight entertainment system.
The three Star Wars jets will fly international and domestic routes. On 18 October 2015, the R2-D2 ANA jet will go into service on international routes, initially as flight NH116 between Tokyo and Vancouver, and then fly between Japan and other cities in ANA’s international network including the US (Seattle and San Jose), Europe (Munich, Paris and Brussels), Australia (Sydney), China (Beijing), and Indonesia (Jakarta).
In November, the Star Wars ANA jet will fly domestic Japanese routes, and in March 2016 the BB-8 ANA jet is scheduled to start serving international routes principally between Japan and North America.
We can’t wait.
