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Here's An Early Look at ANA's First A380

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March 07, 2017
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Here's An Early Look at ANA's First A380
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ANA has just shown off a special livery for its very first Airbus A380. Back in October, the airline held a competition to design the paint job for the jumbo jet that will operate airline's flight between Tokyo and Honolulu (HNL). Over 2,000 designs were submitted to the airline, and the winner, Chihiro Masuoka of Tokyo, was revealed this week. He'll be receiving two round-trip business-class tickets on the Tokyo to Honolulu flight, as well as some serious bragging rights.

The special livery that will appear on ANA's first A380. Image courtesy of ANA.

The design, nicknamed 'Flying Honu', shows a family of Hawaiian Green Sea Turtles painted in different shades of blue. The airline is known for its unique liveries, including special Star Wars and Pokemon designs on its 777-300ERs. It also held another competition to pick a design for its 777-200 to represent the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games — the winner of which will be revealed at the end of this month or early next month.

ANA will become the first Japanese carrier to operate the A380 when it takes delivery of the aircraft in early 2019. It will have the world's smallest fleet of A380s, with only three on order.