Hawaiian Airlines Launch Disney Moana Themed Aircraft

Hawaiian Airlines and Disney yesterday unveiled the first of three custom Airbus A330 aircraft being adorned with imagery from the  animated comedy adventure “Moana” coming to the screens in November.

The first of the three decal designs features four Disney characters from the movie on Hawaiian’s fuselage as they take off on a ‘way finding journey’, including the demigod Maui, the adventurous teenager Moana, and her two friends: Heihei the rooster and Pua the pig.

Next month, Hawaiian will reveal two additional livery designs featuring custom-made decals that show the characters interacting with the planes in ‘dynamic and engaging’ ways. The unique artwork, created by Walt Disney Animation Studios in collaboration with Hawaiian’s team, reimagines each aircraft as a modern-day voyaging canoe, flying Moana, Maui, and their friends to new and exciting destinations.

It’s not just the outside that is getting a unique design. The overhead luggage bins on all three “Moana”-themed Airbus A330s will also be decorated with characters and artwork from the film.

For those wanting to catch the aircraft, or hoping to fly on them, will be pleased to hear the aircraft will be flying across the globe, with regularly scheduled U.S. domestic routes as well as to international destinations including Brisbane and Sydney, Australia; Osaka and Tokyo, Japan; and Auckland, New Zealand all on the map through March of 2017. If fans want, they can also track the course of each “Moana”themed plane in real time at HawaiianAirlines.com/Moana.

Even on the rest of the fleet, guests traveling to any of Hawaiian’s domestic or international destinations will enjoy special inflight entertainment to include an exclusive welcome video inspired by the film, the “Moana” movie trailer, and Cravalho’s casting video.

Though it operates with today’s state-of-the-art technology, Hawaiian honors the courage and ingenuity of skilled Polynesian navigators, who were guided by the waves, wind, stars, moon and sun, by naming each of its A330 aircraft after celestial objects. The first Moana branded aircraft is N392HA, christened as Hikianalia, the sister star to Hōkūle’a. If you want to learn all of the names of Hawaiian’s fleet, each named after an important part of Hawaiian Culture, take a look at the fleet list below.

A330 AIRCRAFT NAMES

N380HA Makali’i Pleiades N381HA Hōkūle‘a Arcturus N382HA Iwakelii Cassiopeia N383HA Hanaiakamalama Southern Cross N384HA Hokupaa Polaris N385HA Manaiakalani Scorpio N386HA Heiheionakeiki Belt and Sword of Orion N388HA Nahiku Big Dipper N389HA Kealiiokonaikalewa Canopus N390HA Namahoe Gemini N391HA Hokulei Capella N392HA Hikianalia Spica N393HA Lehuakona Antares N395HA ‘A’a Sirius N396HA Keoe Vega N399HA Kumau Polaris N370HA Kuamo‘o Milky Way N373HA Kūkalaniʻehu Aries N374HA Melemele Corvus N375HA Humu Aquila N378HA Kaukamalama [a star that rises with Kawelolani] N379HA Pau-ahi Delphinus N360HA Tutukamolehonua Gacrux

B767 AIRCRAFT NAMES

N580HA Kolea Pacific Golden Plover N581HA Manu-o-Kū White Fairy Tern N582HA `Ake`ake Band-Rumped Storm-Petrel N583HA A Red Footed Booby N588HA ‘Iwa Great Frigrate N590HA Koa’e ‘Ula Red-tailed Tropicbird N592HA Hunakai Sanderling N594HA Ulili Wandering Tattler

B717 AIRCRAFT NAMES

N475HA ʻIʻiwi Scarlet Honeycreeper N476HA ‘Elepaio Monarch Flycatcher N477HA ʻApapane Laysan Honeycreeper N478HA ʻAmakihi Hawaiian Honeycreeper N479HA ʻAkepa Hawaiian Forest Bird N480HA Pueo Short-eared Owl N481HA ʻAlauahio Oʻahu Creeper N483HA ‘Anianiau Hawaiian Honeycreeper N484HA ‘Ōma’o Hawaiian Thrush N485HA Palila Finch N486HA ʻAkikiki Kauaʻi Creeper N487HA ʻIo Hawaiian Hawk N488HA Puaiohi Kauaʻi Thrush N489HA Po’ouli Black-faced Honeycreeper N490HA ‘O’u Hawaiian Honeycreeper N491HA Akohekohe Crested Honeycreeper N492HA ‘Ewa ‘Ewa Sooty Tern N493HA ‘Ua’u Hawaiian Petrel

ATR-42 (ʻOhana by Hawaiian) AIRCRAFT NAMES

Holo Kaomi Winds of Paoma’i, Lānaʻi Kaiāulu Winds of Wai’anae, O’ahu Hikipua Winds of Halawa, Moloka’i