Flying Honu #3

Flying Honu   フライング・ホヌ

#3

Lā - Sunset Orange - Hawaiian Sunset   サンセットオレンジハワイの「夕陽」

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JA383A

A380-841

ANA  [+]

2020-

In 2016 ANA launched a design competition to find a unique livery for its 3 upcoming A380 which will be assigned to the Narita-Honolulu route. The work of Chihiro Masuoka "Parent and child of Honu (sea turtle) relaxing in the blue sea of Hawaii" was chosen in 2017 with three colour variants of its sea turtle family design to be applied on the jets. The Green sea turtle, known as Honu in Hawaiian language, is regarded as a symbol of good luck and longevity in the islands.

The third Flying Honu was rolled out of the paint hangar in Hamburg-Finkenwerder on January 24, 2020 abut due to the Covid-19 outbreak, was only delivered to ANA in October 2021. It is the orange one, named Lā, the Hawaiian word for sunset.

Image  ©  Arakitam (NRT)
Tags   Design Competition, Wildlife

Flying Honu #2 Emerald Green Hawaiian Ocean

Flying Honu   フライング・ホヌ

#2

Kai - Emerald Green - Hawaiian Ocean   エメラルドグリーン ハワイの「海」

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JA382A

A380-841

ANA  [+]

2019-

In 2016 ANA launched a design competition to find a unique livery for its 3 upcoming A380 which will be assigned to the Narita-Honolulu route. The work of Chihiro Masuoka "Parent and child of Honu (sea turtle) relaxing in the blue sea of Hawaii" was chosen in 2017 with three colour variants of its sea turtle family design to be applied on the jets. The Green sea turtle, known as Honu in Hawaiian language, is regarded as a symbol of good luck and longevity in the islands.

The second Flying Honu was rolled out of the paint hangar in Hamburg-Finkenwerder on March 29, 2019. It is the emerald green one, named "Ocean".

Image  ©  Yannick van Praag (NRT)
Tags   Design Competition, Wildlife

Flying Honu #1 ANA Blue - Hawaiian Sky

Flying Honu   フライング・ホヌ   ★

#1

Lani - ANA Blue - Hawaiian Sky   ANAブルー ハワイの「空」

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JA381A

A380-841

ANA  [+]

2018-

In 2016 ANA launched a design competition to find a unique livery for its 3 upcoming A380 which will be assigned to the Narita-Honolulu route. The work of Chihiro Masuoka "Parent and child of Honu (sea turtle) relaxing in the blue sea of Hawaii" was chosen in 2017 with three colour variants of its sea turtle family design to be applied on the jets. The Green sea turtle, known as Honu in Hawaiian language, is regarded as a symbol of good luck and longevity in the islands.

The first Flying Honu was rolled out of the paint hangar in Hamburg-Finkenwerder on December 13, 2018. It is the blue one, named "Sky".

Images  ©  Dirk Grothe (TLS) & Aero Icarus (HNL)
Tags   Design Competition, Wildlife

15th Anniversary Cargo+Innovation

15th Anniversary Cargo+Innovation

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JA602F

B767-381F/ER

ANA Cargo (opb Air Japan)  [+]

2017-18

Titles on the rear of this pure freighter delivered to the ANA Cargo division in 2005.

Image  ©  Dlsunshy (DLC)
Tags   Anniversary

Yume Jet You & Me

Yume Jet ～You & Me～

ゆめジェット～You & Me～

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JA8674

B767-381

ANA  [+]

2013-16

The airline celebrated its 60th anniversary with a worldwide design competition. Painter Ryo Masumi (30 years old) from Tokyo was awarded the Grand prize and had her scheme adapted on a real 767. The livery symbolized happy children from around the world connected by this plane. It was unveiled on February 22, 2013. Note both sides were different.

Images  ©  Tony Haynes (HND)
Tags   Design Competition

787 #2

787

#2

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22 a/c

B787-8

ANA  [+]

2012-20

All ANA 787-8s starting with JA803A have had big aircraft type titles applied on top of the regular scheme; this ended with the delivery of JA824A in January 2014. From ship 825 ANA Dreamliners were delivered in the standard scheme. JA818A was the last aircraft to carry the titles and they were finally removed in February 2020.

Image  ©  Esa Kaihlanen (HND)
Tags   Fleet

787 #1

787

#1

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JA801A	B787-8	ANA  [+]		2011-17
JA802A	B787-8	ANA  [+]		2011-17

All Nippon finally took delivery of its first Dreamliner in late 2011, with the first two wearing a stand-alone livery. JA801A was the very first 787 to enter commercial service on October 26th, 2011 with a flight between Tokyo-Narita and Hong Kong.

Image  ©  Esa Kaihlanen (HND)
Tags   Fleet

Kung Fu Panda 2

Kung Fu Panda 2   カンフーパンダ2

In service Narita⇔Chengdu | In service Chengdu⇔Tokyo   成田⇔成都　就航 | 成都⇔東京　就航

Corp., Entertainment

JA09AN

B737-781

ANA  [+]

2011

ANA teamed up with the Kung Fu Panda 2 DreamWorks Animation movie released in May 2011 to promote its Narita-Chengdu services. Chengdu is the capital of Sichuan , the home of the panda bears. Note the titles were different on both sides, with the starboard side showing the Chinese writing with Chengdu first, as is carefully followed in China.

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Tags   Cartoon & Anime, Kung Fu Panda, Network

Mohican Jet

Mohican Jet   モヒカンジェット

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JA602A

B767-381

ANA  [+]

2009-14

The "Mohican" livery adorned ANA aircraft from 1969 until 1989 and twenty years later it was decided to revive it on a 767 after the idea of an employee. This aircraft/livery combination was something new as ANA took delivery of its first 767-200 in 1983 (with the first 767-300 delivered in 1987) and none ever wore the Mohican livery during active service before JA602A. The tail logo featured the original Leonardo da Vinci helicopter motif. The retrojet started revenue service on December 1, 2009 and was initially assigned to the Miyazaki and Kagoshima routes from Haneda, which were the traditionnal honeymoon destinations of the Mohican era.

Image  ©  Esa Kaihlanen (HND)
Tags   Retro

Fly! Panda

Fly! Panda   FLY! パンダ

Live/ 中国 China/ANA

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JA606A

B767-381ER

ANA (opb Air Japan/Air Nippon) [+]

2007-15

2007 was "China Year" at ANA, with various initiatives celebrating the 35th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and China as well as 20 years of service by ANA. A full panda-like livery was chosen for the occasion, with titles in Japanese on the port side and in English on the starboard side. Note that part of the original titles was removed at the end of 2007 while the livery itself kept flying on ANA's Asian network (and primarily to China) for another 7 years.

Image  ©  Dlsunshy (DLC)
Tags   Network, Panda, Wildlife

ANA BusinessJet

ANA BusinessJet

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JA10AN	B737-781ER	ANA  [+]		2007-14
JA13AN	B737-781ER	ANA  [+]		2007-14

These two -700ER aircraft with extra fuel tanks in -800 wings served long & thin routes from Japan (like Nagoya-Guangzhou) with the long-haul ANA product & seat layout: business & premium economy. Both aircraft reverted to standard colours in 2014 and were subsequently withdrawn from use in 2016.

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Tags   Airline Marketing

Kobe Open

Kobe Open   OPEN神戸

2006.2.16

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JA8324	B767-381	ANA  [+]		2006
JA8579	B767-381	ANA  [+]		2006

ANA launched flights to Kobe Airport on February 16, 2006 with a 767 landing first on a flight form Haneda. The small decals were added to two 767 and featured the Weathercock House, Kobe's most famous foreign residence.

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Tags   Airport, Network

Gold Jet

Gold Jet   ゴールドジェット

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JA01AN	B737-781	ANA (opb Air Nippon)  [+]		2005-12
JA02AN	B737-781	ANA (opb Air Nippon)  [+]		2006-12

The two first new-generation 737 of the ANA Group wore a special golden livery, an auspicious colour in Asia. They were operated by subsidiary Air Nippon and mainly served the Nagoya-Taipei route. The gold colour was also reportedly linked to the Shachihoko (an animal in Japanese folklore with the head of a tiger and the body of a carp) adorning the roof of the Nagoya Castle.

Image  ©  Esa Kaihlanen (HND)
Tags   Fleet

Wind 777-300

Wind 777-300   風 777-300

45th Anniversary

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JA751A	B777-381	ANA  [+]		1998-03
JA752A	B777-381	ANA  [+]		1998-03

ANA was the second airline after Cathay Pacific to take delivery of the 777-300 variant, and celebrated it with a dedicated livery themed "Wind". The special livery was also part of the airline’s 45th anniversary celebrations, altogether with the introduction of the A321.

Note the small additional decal aft of the front door (seen circa 2000) promoting the Kyushu-Okinawa 2000 G8 Summit. Bigger decals for the same event were also added on two JTA 737s.

Image  ©  Gambardier (HND)
Tags   Fleet

Japanese Landscape

Japanese Landscape   日本の風景

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JA101A	A321-131	ANA  [+]		1998-99
JA102A	A321-131	ANA  [+]		1998-99

The two first A321 of ANA were delivered with a special scheme displaying Japanese landscapes on a film roll, with the windows adequately fitting the holes at the edge of the film and purposely highlighting the length of the A321 compared to the A320. The two sides were different yet identical on the two aircraft; the pictures illustrated 22 domestic destinations of ANA & Air Nippon. The initiative was part of the airline’s 45th anniversary celebrations, which also saw a special livery for the airline's first 773s.

Images  ©  Gambardier (OKJ)
Tags   Landscape

777

777

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JA8197	B777-281	ANA  [+]		1995-00
JA8198	B777-281	ANA  [+]		1995-00
JA8199	B777-281	ANA  [+]		1996-01

Highlighting the entry into service of the new twinjet on domestic services starting October 1995. Only the first three aircraft had the special tail titles.

Image  ©  Gambardier (ITM)
Tags   Fleet

Marine Jumbo & Marine Jumbo Junior

Marine Jumbo   マリンジャンボ   ★

I long to swim through skies vaster than the sea! by Yukie Ogaki 海より広い大空を泳いでみたい！ 大垣 友紀惠

JA8963	B747-481D	ANA  [+]		1993-95
JA8579	B767-381	ANA  [+]		1993-95

To celebrate 500.000.000 passengers carried since its foundation, ANA employees raised the idea of organising a countrywide competition among junior high school students to find the best special scheme design for its next 747. The contest started in December 1992 and 12-year old girl Yukie Ogaki (who is now a designer) won with this design based on a whale. Her idea was to paint a whale that was eager to fly in the immensity of the sky. The livery was applied before delivery of JA8963 at the Boeing factories in Seattle in August 1993. Marine Jumbo landed for the first time in Tokyo-Haneda on September 2, 1993. Revenue service started on September 12 with a first visit to Sapporo. The airline published the anticipated assigned routes of the aircraft in its timetable so it could be seen by as many people as possible.

The aircraft became an attraction at every airport it visited. Onboard sales of related products was also strong, and at a time when domestic demand was relatively weak, this aircraft was cited as a factor that helped ANA increase its passenger numbers. Marine Jumbo also proved to be a very highly successful PR ambassador for the airline until its retirement. This aircraft made history as the first real special livery on a 747 and paved the way for many logojets at ANA and competitor JAL. Note both sides were different. This was a -400D (Domestic) series aircraft without the usual winglets of the -400 series. With the success of the "Marine Jumbo" design and in order to reach smaller airports that could not welcome the 747, All Nippon decided to paint a 767 in a similar scheme. Marine Jumbo Junior, a brand new 767, was delivered to ANA on December 4, 1993. The 767 made its first revenue flight on December 13 between Haneda and Toyama.

While the plans initially called for both planes to be repainted in January 1995, the process was delayed because ANA needed extra capacity in the aftermath of the Kobe earthquake after which some Shinkansen services were interrupted. The scheme was finally retired on May 31, 1995. A commemorating plate was added at the entrance of the cabin of both aircraft. Although it has not been used since, Marine Jumbo is a registered trademark of ANA.

Images  ©  Jacques Guillem Collection (HND)
Tags   Children Drawings, Design Competition, Wildlife