Japan Airlines unveils special plane featuring Mickey Mouse, others

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Japan Airlines unveils special plane featuring Mickey Mouse, others

The aircraft features a colorful palette of colors, including Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, and other Disney characters in unique outfits.

Since the opening of the Tokyo Disneyland theme park in Japan in 1983, JAL has been an official sponsor for Tokyo Disney ResortDisney Resort, including sister park Tokyo DisneySea and facilities like hotels.

It is the fifth time for JAL to introduce a special aircraft in collaboration with Oriental Land Co., the operator of the Tokyo Disney ResortDisney Resort.

We d like to welcome many guests to Tokyo Disney ResortDisney Resort from all over Japan, said JAL President Yuji Akasaka at an event to unveil the special plane, held on Friday at a hangar at Tokyo s Haneda airport.

In the special aircraft, passengers can also enjoy headrest covers and paper cups with special designs featuring Disney characters.

The special plane was operated by JAL on Friday, offering a flight leaving and returning to Haneda.

The airline will use the aircraft for flights linking Haneda with six other airports in Japan until April next year.

The six are New Chitose Airport in the northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido, Osaka International Airport, better known as Itami airport, straddling the western prefectures of Osaka and Hyogo, Hiroshima Airport in the western prefecture of Hiroshima, Fukuoka Airport and Kagoshima Airport in the southwestern prefectures of Fukuoka and Kagoshima, and Naha Airport in the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa.