2015-12-07

Wedding in Sky? ANA offers a plan.....

ANA Sells Flying Wedding from/to Fukuoka

from Aviation Wire, December 5, 2015


ANA Holdings, a holding company of a major Japanese carrier All Nippon Airways, offers a flying wedding on board a charter flight through its subsidiary called ANA Sales. At present, the offer is for only once and the date is fixed on March 26, 2016 departing and arriving Fukuoka International Airport.  Only one married couple can get the chance. When many applications arrive, ANA will choose the lucky couple by drawing.

ANA will fly its own Boeing 737-500 (monoclass 126 seats) operated by ANA Wings. Its planned schedule is as follows: bride and gloom with their family attendants should be arriving at Fukuoka Airport by noon and the flight departs the airport at 1 pm; a ceremony will take place while 1.5-hr flight. Then, wedding party will take place on ground at reserved party place around 5 pm.

ANA will accept applications until December 11. The cost is JPY4.8 million (USD 40,000) that includes the charter flight, drinks and meals for up to 60 guests, wedding dressrental, photography, courtesy bus drive, MC and coordinating, ANA says.

ANA Group conducted flying wedding in October 2013 on another charter flight from/to Chubu International (Centrair) Airport.■