All Nippon Airways have flown the Star Wars flag for a number of years, but their three plane galactic mini fleet has been reduced by 33% as their BB-8 plane took its final flight in astromech colours last Thursday.
All Nippon Airways (ANA) announced that one of its three planes resembling a Star Wars droid had its last flight on Thursday. The Boeing 777-300 will no longer bear the design inspired by the Star Wars character BB-8, a droid in the franchise’s most recent trilogy.
The Tokyo-based carrier shared on Twitter Friday, the three Star Wars-themed aircraft “reunited together for a final farewell” before what was scheduled to be BB-8 jet’s final flight from Tokyo-Haneda Airport (HND) to Naha Airport in Okinawa.
An ANA spokesperson told TPG Friday the 777-300 actually ended up missing its final flight with the Star Wars livery due to mechanical issues, and the final flight with the BB-8 design ended up being its journey from New Chitose Airport in Japan (CTS) to Haneda (HND).
The vessel isn’t retiring from service, simply having a cosmetic change, but with this being its final flight the three planes had one last photo call before the new paint job.
BB-8 may be gone, but for the time being R2-D2 and C-3PO will continue to fly the skies for All Nippon Airways.
