All Nippon Airways' Star Wars-themed plane designed to look like R2-D2 took its inaugural passenger flight Saturday. Lucky fans dressed in costume took the virgin voyage over Haneda, Tokyo.
Regular flights on the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner are set to begin Sunday. The plane is the first of three that the airline, in partnership with Disney-owned Lucasfilm Ltd., plans to decorate to fit in with the Star Wars universe. The R2-D2 paint job was unveiled last month.
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The plane will fly domestic routes in Japan, and international routes from Tokyo to Beijing, Jakarta, Sydney, Seattle, San Jose, Brussels, Munich, Paris and Vancouver.
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