- The flying Honu!
Today, 24th May, is the first flight, the inaugural flight, of this beautiful A380 from
Narita to Honolulu.
- [She speaks Japanese] - [Sam] Oh, thank you very much!
Look at this. - Thank you.
- Hello, look at this hula girl! - Hiiii!
- Guys, I'm getting a Flying Honu tattoo on my face!
Wow!
Tah-dah!
This is so special!
Only in Japan!
Now I have a face like you!
So, I've come to say hello to all of the biggest aviation enthusiasts - the heaviest aviation
geeks here.
This is Gino and Kelly and Isabelle.
You've flown all fourteen A380 inaugural flights in the world.
- That's right, yes.
- That is hard dedication.
- Yes.
- You are the only one and a lady as well!
Congratulations!
This is incredible.
Hello, are you guys from Hawaii?
- We're from Hawaii - are you from Hawaii?
- I look like one but I'm from the land of Canada actually.
(Audience claps)
(Music and singing)
(Announcement made in Japanese)
- [Announcer] Flying Honu.
(Announcer continues in Japanese)
(Audience Claps)
- Guys, with me is the designer of
this beautiful Flying Honu livery, Mr Masoka.
Thank you so much...
- Yeah.
- ... For showing us this beauty flying in the sky.
Thank you for designing it.
- [Sam] Oh, nice!
Jet set again - Look, my brother's here!
He's the better looking one and less heavy!
- Excited guys?
- [Middle Man] We fly on the A380 first flight 7B. - [All] Yeahhhh!
[Right hand man] Yeah, and Sam is the best!
- [Middle man] I am very happy that...
- [Sam] Cut! Stop now!
- I am very happy that we have done several A380 first flights together, Sam and I want
you to know that I am one of many happy Av geeks tonight, featuring and enthusiastic
about the A380.
I think it's been almost twelve years since the first flight - October 2007; Singapore Airlines.
Singapore to Sydney - you remember that as well?
- That's right.
- I'm from Hamburg, where the A380 is partially built and I have written several books about
the A380 and I find it fascinating.
- You know, these are the events for the reunion of the group of Av geeks like you and me.
- It's like a big family - I went to get on already! - Yeah.
- [Sam] Hello. - Hello. Let me see your pass.
Thank you very much.
Good morning. - [Sam] Thank you.
- [Sam] Hey, like your shirt! - Thank you.
Great!
- [Sam] Hi, Mr President.
Thank you so much!
- [President] Thank you.
- [Sam] It has been an honour - thank you so much!
Guys, this is so great.
The ANA CEO and president handing out personal gifts to every passenger.
- Thank you very much for flying ANA.
- Thank you sir. - Thank you.
(Hubbub)
- [Sam] Hi, thank you. See you. Bye, thank you.
- [Women] Bye, thank you. Bye bye. - [Sam] Bye.
- [Man] Two, three!
- Okay!
- [Woman speaks Japanese]
- Tamar, this is your father.
- Yeah, we're very excited to be here on the Honu aircraft to Honolulu, partly to
celebrate my Dad's 70th birthday. So, it will be great for...
- [Sam] I'm sure that your father is so proud of you.
- [Father] I suppose so.
- [Son] He looks very happy so...
- [Sam] I need to get my Mum on board now!
- [Son] So, let's have a party.
- Even before the takeoff, there is a party on board!
How many of you have flown on the first A380 to Singapore?
- [Son] On board!
- All of us!
Again, all of us have flown on the latest ANA A380 and I wish that there could be more
A380's coming up - who knows?
Yeah, it's a great aeroplane.
Yeah guys, cheers!
- [Son] Cheers!
Let's have a good flight!
- [Woman speaks Japanese]
- Hi Sam Chui! - [Sam] Hey, how are you?
- Good.
- Nice to meet you. - You too.
- Take care.
I just changed in to today's costume which is the Flying Honu on ANA Hawaii.
Look at my polo shirt here.
- [Sam] Hello there. - Hello.
Welcome on board sir - would you like champagne or orange juice?
- Okay, I'll have champagne.
- Please enjoy.
- Thank you.
- You're welcome.
- [Sam] This is my friend, Yukihiro here.
- Hi guys. - Hey. - [Yukihiro speaks Japanese]
- [Sam] Oh, we're filming each other! Okay.
- You get a certificate on your table and also, you get a turtle,
a Flying Honu baggage tag here.
Cheers guys!
Before I came on the flight, I had severe jet lag but, you know, I got so, so excited
when I boarded the Flying Honu flight - it's just so exciting.
- [Announcer 1] Can I have your attention for the following safety instructions?
Please place your baggage in the overhead compartment or under the seat in front.
Turn your seat and table to the original position during takeoff and landing.
- [Announcer 2 announces in Japanese]
- [Announcer 1] Electronic devices emitting radio waves cannot be used on board.
We will now explain the emergency equipment.
- [Announcer 2 in Japanese]
- [Announcer 1] Emergency lights will guide you to the exits.
- [Announcer 2 in Japanese] - Oh my goodness, this is so cute!
Oh my goodness guys, this Japanese flight is very quiet.
Perfect time to do ASMR!
- [Sam] Oh wow, this is so handy.
(Mumbles).
- Three bags inside. - Oh, three.
- Yeah.
I think this is like an eco-bag.
- Oh wow.
- It's all in different colours.
- Oh yes.
There are three flying Honus.
Three different colours.
- Before. - Before.
- After. - After.
- I don't know what before/after means but, maybe, laundry.
(Clapping)
- It's just so quiet on the A380.
It's strange - they didn't turn off the lights on the takeoff.
- I have a question here: I see that everyone's wearing a headset, a Bluetooth headset and
also everyone's got one of these little bags here.
What are these?
- Ah, these are (mumbles).
We can communicate with each other.
- Oh, so you talk to each other in the cabin with the headset. - Yes.
- Wow. That's new - I've never seen an airline doing this. - Yes.
- And then, what is this?
- This is an iPad.
We can see the passenger information from this.
(Mumbles).
We can communicate with these.
- Sky Transceiver. - Yes.
- You hear and you get your information?
- Yes.
- Oh, very good!
Thank you so much!
It looks like a turtle, actually.
It looks like the Flying Honu.
Oh yeah, that's a turtle there.
- [Woman] A sea turtle. - Turtle, turtle.
- [Both] Flying Honu.
- Guys, do you like my apron?
Or do you like her apron more?
Do you like the pink one or do you like the blue one that she's wearing?
Guys, vote now!
- So Sam, this is the nappy changing room in the lower deck.
On the rear right of (mumbles).
This is exclusively designed for changing babies.
It's fantastic. - Yeah, how was it? - Very spacious.
Well, I liked it. She didn't really approve of it. - [Sam Laughs]
- But she's all fresh. She's just tired.
- I make you stop crying.
- Lucky baby.
- [Dad] Oh, yes.
- Must be the youngest flyer tonight on this flight.
Oh my goodness, oh wow!
This is so nice!
- [Sam] $600. - [Man] $600.
- [Sam] $600, you can have all three seats. - [Man] Yes.
- [Sam] Oh, this is really good.
The Flying Honu!
Dedication - Japanese fans's dedication!
Thank you very much - so cool!
- [Sam] Baby meal. It's a baby meal, not a child's meal. Baby meal.
(Mumbles)
I'll tell you what's really cool about this is this.
Look at this - this is a baby cutlery set with the Flying Honu on top.
So this is not a round staircase at the back on the A380 - the new staircase on the A380 is square shaped.
- Yukisan, what is your seat in premium economy like?
- Actually, it sure is very comfortable.
Look at the...
You can see the recline like this.
- Oh good, a steep recline.
- And this comes up too. - Yeah, it comes up.
Oh nice one, nice one.
- Actually, it's very comfortable.
I could sit here for ten hours.
- Ten hours, no problem? - No problem.
Look at the big screen here.
- Very big screen. - Yeah.
- Actually, I'll tell you what, this screen is a tablet which you can remove and the tablet comes out.
That is how they were designed.
- [Sam] This is good.
- This is typical airline ice cream, yeah.
- This is good quality. - It's very good quality.
- So, this is the great thing - there's an aisle and you can come from this side and
you can come across.
Easy access on the A380.
- Of course, Hawaiian themed.
- [Sam] Hello. - [She greets Sam] Would you care for anything to drink as an appertif?
Champagne, wine, beer...
- Do you have any special Hawaiian cocktails?
- Yes, Blue Hawaii.
- Yeah, the Blue Hawaii. - Certainly.
- Yes, please.
I'd like to have the Japanese cuisine. - Certainly sir. Certainly.
- Thank you. - You're welcome.
- It's my shirt - same colour almost!
- [Sam] These are the canapes? - [Woman] Yes.
- What is this one here?
- This is tofu. - Tofu?
- Deep fried tofu. - Deep fried tofu?
- With a Chinese sauce.
- Thank you for waiting sir.
- I'm sitting at the very back and it took almost three hours after takeoff to get my meal.
Fortunately, the meal just came in on one tray.
You get your salad, appetiser, soup, rice and the sweet.
The funny thing is that it didn't take me long to finish the meal.
The meal was fantastic!
It only took me about fifteen minutes actually to just gobble everything down.
This is the first time that the crew have flown the A380 I believe and they can only
improve from here on in.
Talking about the meal, it's really hard to describe this meal.
I had the Japanese option - the Japanese option had lots and lots of little, different things.
There was a bit of roast beef, there's a lot of seafood, there's the fish, there's the
soup and there's sweet.
I think that the Hawaiian route is a very, very special route for ANA.
The food is actually better than lots of other long haul flights I have been on.
So, it is now time for a sleep after the meal and what you see here is a mattress.
So, there you go.
This blue thing is the mattress here.
This thing, initially I thought that it was a pillow but this is actually a cool blanket,
so you open it up like this.
[Sam sighs] Finally!
Good morning.
This bed is really, really long actually.
Longer than lots of other flight beds.
As you probably know, the problem is your feet.
When you are changing or flipping sides, your feet can hit the wall - your feet are tucked
in to a box, literally.
- Hey Gino, you're a number one frequent flyer in the world, I think, so your feedback is really valuable.
I want to here what you thought of the flight.
- Oh, the flight so far has been good.
The seat is very comfortable and there was ice-cream.
One of the weaknesses was service - maybe they need to get used to the bigger plane,
the bigger full plane but the service has been very slow.
For me, the service has been very slow and I'm surprised that there's no breakfast, not
even a continental breakfast.
Well, (mumbles), this is something which I think they should fix.
- Gino, thank you so much for the feedback.
Now, ANA have one more chance to redeem themselves because, Gino and I, we're going to fly back
in first class from Honolulu to Nerita.
We'll see...
- We'll see how it goes.
- [Sam] Oh, thank you very much. - [Woman] Thank you very much.
- [Sam] Thank you so much. That's great. Thank you.
Super excited - it's been a clear day in Hawaii, so we're already flying over the ocean, circling to land.
- [Sam] Thank you, see you next time. - [Woman] Thank you very much!
- [Sam] Thank you! Bye bye!
(They greet each other in Japanese) - [Sam] Thank you very much!
- Welcome to ANA!
Flying Honu, [She speaks Japanese].