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Travel lovers in Japan jumped at the chance to have a meal on an All Nippon Airways plane — even though the experience came at a hefty price. <\/p>\n
This week, the airline launched a new promotion serving up their parked aircraft as "winged restaurants" to make up for lack of travel due to the pandemic. <\/p>\n
The experience will run twice a day through April 11 — but sold out before it even began, according to Time Out Tokyo.<\/em><\/p>\n Passengers will sit aboard a Boeing 777-300ER aircraft parked at Tokyo's Haneda Airport while they dine. A first-class meal will set you back $540 (59,800 yen) while the business class meals ring in at $270 (29,800 yen).<\/p>\n Guests will either partake in lunch or dinner aboard the aircraft. Options include a Japanese or Western-style menu, the latter of which gives the option between meat or fish. While the full-course first-class meal will fill up passengers, the business class meal is also a substantial six courses. <\/p>\n There is one perk to the high price tag: all the meals are served with endless glasses of wine or champagne.<\/p>\n Although the price may still not have you convinced, it was noted in several local media reports that the experience was a bargain, given that a long-haul first-class flight could cost upwards of $4,500.<\/p>\n Although Japan's travel restrictions are still tight, this week the country also became one of the latest countries to issue a digital vaccination passport for citizens.<\/p>\n All Nippon is not the only airline to lure back customers to a parked jet. Last year, both Singapore Airlines and Thai Airways launched similar pop-up restaurants for home-tied travelers who missed the airplane experience.<\/p>\n