If you ever doubted just how far around the world the Baton Rouge region’s impact stretches, synthetic jet oil produced by ExxonMobil in Port Allen is now being deployed in All Nippon Airways inaugural “superjumbo” aircraft on its new route between Tokyo and Honolulu.
As 10/12 Industry Report reports, the Japanese airline began service between the two cities last week with its Airbus A380 “Flying Honu”—the world’s largest wide-body aircraft. The double-decker plane is painted to look like a turtle.
The new flight puts the carrier on the path to its 2020 goal of doubling the number of its seats that connect Honolulu to Tokyo. The carrier has added wide-body aircraft service four times weekly on its A380 aircraft, which will seat approximately 520 passengers. This month, ANA will add a second A380 to the Hawaii market and a third in July 2020.
According to ExxonMobil, All Nippon Airways is now using Mobil Jet Oil 387 that is made in Port Allen in the engines and generators of the airline’s newly purchased Airbus A380.
Following more than a decade of development and performance evaluations, Mobil Jet Oil 387, features custom esters and additives that help deliver the what ExxonMobil says is the “most advanced turbine engine oil that (the company) has ever produced.” Read the full story.
