Gallery: Airbus unveils first ANA A380 in sea turtle livery

ANA flight attendants in front of the aircraft at Hamburg Finkenwerder.

ANA, with firm orders for three A380s, is the first customer for the very large aircraft in Japan. The airline will take delivery of the first A380 at the end of Q1 2019 and will operate the aircraft on the popular leisure Tokyo Narita-Honolulu route.

The three ANA A380s will be painted in a special livery depicting sea turtles, which are native to Hawaii. The first aircraft is blue, the second will be green and the third orange.

The ANA A380 livery is one of the most elaborate ever painted by Airbus. It took 21 days for the Airbus team to paint a surface of 3,600 sq m using 16 different shades of color.

The aircraft rolls out of the paint shop.

The aircraft will now undergo cabin completion. Then it will enter a final phase of ground and flight tests in Hamburg, during which all cabin systems will be thoroughly tested, including air flow and air conditioning, lighting, galleys, lavatories, seats and IFE.

Roll-out ceremony

As of the end of November, Airbus delivered 232 A380s, which are in service with 14 airlines worldwide.

A detailed view to the cockpit.

Another view of ANA's first A380.