Hello Kitty Jetliner flies from L.A.
Twenty five years ago, a giant black and white killer whale decorated the fuselage of a Southwest Airlines 737-300 as part of a promotional deal with Sea World.
A decade later, All Nippon Airlines decorated the first of several planes with Pokemon characters. Southwest got heads to turn in 2009, when it put the image of a bikini-clad supermodel on the side of one of its jets.
Last week, the latest attention-grabbing jet landed at Los Angeles International Airport: The Hello Kitty plane.
A Boeing 777-300ER flown by Taiwan-based EVA Air and painted to honor the hugely popular feline will start to make three regular flights from LAX to Taipei.
Passengers on the plane might suffer from a Hello Kitty overdose. The cat will be on the pillow covers, and the hand soap and tissues in the bathroom. The flight attendants will be wearing Hello Kitty uniforms.
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Detroit Metropolitan Airport is offering free Wi-Fi access to travelers in its passenger terminals following a recent infrastructure upgrade.
The airport in the suburb Romulus announced Monday that unlimited wireless Internet access is available to people after viewing a 30-second advertisement no more than once every 45 minutes. The network provider is Advanced Wireless Group LLC.
The airport says the ad-supported model being used for Wi-Fi access enables it to offer unlimited access at higher speeds. Several premium access options for those who want higher speeds or ad-free online browsing also are available at the airport.
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