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ANA Star Wars planes coming to a galaxy near you

by Matt Falcus
ANA Star Wars Planes

ANA Star Wars Planes

ANA All Nippon Airways has released details of yet more Star Wars liveries for its aircraft, which will be appearing in a galaxy – or at least an airport – near you soon!

In an agreement with The Walt Disney Company, which owns the Star Wars franchise, the airline will now be painting three aircraft in total in special schemes to promote the upcoming release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which is due for release in December.

The aircraft chosen for the special Star Wars planes include a Boeing 767-300, a 777-300ER and a 787-9 Dreamliner.

ANA launched the Star Wars Project in April 2015 after signing a five year promotion license contract for the Star Wars brand with The Walt Disney Company (Japan) Ltd. As part of the agreement, the ANA Star Wars planes’ will also display in-flight decorations, such as headrest covers, paper napkins and cups featuring Star Wars characters – more details will be announced at a later date. The partnership also means ANA will 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.

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The three ANA Star Wars planes will fly international and domestic routes. On October 18, the R2-D2™ ANA Jet (787-9) is scheduled to 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 robust 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 Warsâ„¢ ANA Jet will fly domestic Japanese routes, and then in March 2016 the BB-8â„¢ ANA Jet (777-300ER) is scheduled to start serving international routes principally between Japan and North America.

You’ll be able to follow the schedules on the special website, www.ana-sw.com

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antonio barns April 13, 2016 - 7:58 am

nice site

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Matt Falcus April 13, 2016 - 8:48 am

Thank you Antonio!

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