Here, the turtle smiles for the first Time

The first Airbus A380 ANA All Nippon Airways is ready to be painted. The three super-jumbos by the Japanese to get all sea turtles-Design - in different colors and with small variations.

21 days of the Airbus A380 with serial number 262 in the painting hangar. 120 painters were at work, and 3300 litres to wearing color. On Thursday (13. December) presented their work for the first Time to the Public.

It is not a normal super Jumbo, which has been freshly rolled, painted at the Airbus plant in Hamburg Finkenwerder in the winter air. It is the first Airbus A380 will take over, ANA All Nippon Airways. In March 2019, it will be ready. The machine is from 24. May fly with the indicator JA381A through the world.

930 different templates

For the three ordered copies of the Japanese airline has come up with a very special painting. To you soup to be mapped turtles (Chelonia mydas). This is not by chance. ANA will use the three Airbus A380 on the Route Tokyo Narita – Honolulu. The green turtle is called in Hawaii, Honu, and is considered a Symbol of luck and prosperity. The genus is endangered, also, ANA wants to point out.

The painting was not an easy thing. "It is the most complicated, we have applied the A380," says Ralph wall, Manager paint shop at Airbus. 930 different templates were needed. In the case of ordinary paints, there are a maximum of 150. For the subject with the soup turtles 16 different color tones were used.

Small Differences

The first A380 is decorated in Blue. He is from the 24. May in the line of traffic. The color stands for the sky of Hawaii. The second will come in emerald green (water), the third in Orange (sunset). They are slightly different. The facial expression and the eyes of the animals are different.

The idea for the eye-catching painting of Chihiro Masuoka had. The man from Tokyo has set for itself in 2017 with his proposal for the decoration of ANAs super jumbos against 2196 competitors. He suggested a family of sea turtles as a motive.

Four Classes

ANA will ever have to make the 520 passengers in biplanes. Only Emirates grabs in some of the A380, with 615 Seats more people. In the case of the Japanese travelers sitting in four classes: First (8 suites), Business (56 seats), Premium Economy (73 seats) and Economy (383 seats).

You can see in the above image gallery images of the first Airbus A380 ANA All Nippon Airways.

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