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A few days ago WestJet and several partners unveiled a new Disney-themed aircraft featuring Anna, Elsa and Olaf from Frozen, the highest-grossing animated film of all time. There are also Frozen images inside the airplane, including on the overhead bins, bulkheads, lavatory mirrors and headrests. Here are some of the fun facts WestJet shared about […]
With R2-D2, C-3PO and the Star Wars Stormtroopers on hand, on Saturday Boeing and Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA) showed off the carrier’s R2-D2-themed jet at the Boeing Everett Factory north of Seattle. The cool design features aren’t just on the outside. Inside the plane there will be Star Wars-themed service items as well, including […]
What fun! Japan’s ANA airlines will soon have two new Star Wars planes, decorated with BB-8, a brand new character from Star Wars: The Force Awakens and with our old friend, R2-D2. The new designs are part of an agreement with The Walt Disney Company (Japan) and will be in addition to the previously announced […]
With a great deal of fanfare and classic Hello Kitty cuteness, EVA Air’s brand-new, specially painted Boeing 777-300ER landed at Houston’s Bush Intercontinental Airport on Friday, June 19, 2015, with the carrier’s Chairman KW Chang serving as captain. Named the Hello Kitty Shining Star Jet, the plane’s livery features Little Twin Stars Kiki and Lala, […]
Move over Hello Kitty, R2-D2 is coming to the skies. All Nippon Airways (ANA) announced that the adorable rolling Star Wars robot character will be painted on a new 787-9 Dreamliner as part of a five year agreement with the Walt Disney Company. You’ll need to wait until next fall to see the livery flying […]
As Air New Zealand showed us with its Hobbit-themed planes and Alaska Airlines proved with its Salmon Thirty Salmon planes, airplanes can double as great art pallets. Now Hawaiian Airlines is going beyond the airplane livery by having artists paint ground service vehicles. To mark the airline’s second anniversary serving the New Zealand market, Hawaiian […]
Look what’s back: Qantas has reached way back for its first ever “retro” inspired livery, which can now be seen on one of the airline’s brand new Boeing 737 aircraft. The design is a tribute to 70 years of the airline’s iconic flying kangaroo logo and was unveiled at a special hangar event in Seattle. […]