Livery of the Week: Hawaiian Unveils New Disney Livery

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The match made in the skies between aircraft liveries and Walt Disney characters is adding a new element this week with Hawaiian Airlines’ latest Disney-themed livery.

With the upcoming release in the U.S. of the latest live-action Disney movie Lilo&Stitch on May 23, Hawaiian Airlines has revealed the first of a series of three special liveries dedicated to Stitch, a koala-like alien created by an illegal genetic experiment who crash-lands on the island of Kauai and is adopted by local six-year-old Lilo.

The movie was originally released in 2002 and this 2025 remake due to be released in the next few weeks is being celebrated with a special livery for the Airbus A330-200 aircraft, with registration N392HA, that will depict a Stitch-based Pualani profile at center fuselage. The Pualani profile is the traditional Hawaiian profile of a woman earing an orchid flower in her hair which is portrayed on the tailfin of each Hawaiian Airlines aircraft.

“At Hawaiian Airlines, Hawaii is our home, and we consider our guests to be our ‘ohana,” said Alisa Onishi, director of brand and culture at Hawaiian Airlines. “Our hope is that all who visit our islands feel welcomed from the moment they step onboard, just as Lilo welcomed Stitch.”

Video, AR, and More

The initiatives connected to the Lilo&Stitch livery include an In-Flight video featuring Stitch explaining how to visit the Hawaiian Islands responsibly, an Augmented Reality (AR) Experience through an interactive digital guide of all the Islands of the archipelago and Co-Branded merchandise that will be available through the airline’s online store.

The koala-like Disney character will also appear on an Airbus A321neo aircraft and, subsequently, on a Boeing 717-200 aircraft, the other two aircraft types that make up the bulk of Hawaiian’s fleet. The newest addition to the fleet, the Boeing 787-9 aircraft, is the only one that will not have any Stitch-themed livery.

Hawaiian Airlines Airbus A321neo mockup for “Lilo&Stitch”-themed livery (Photo | Hawaiian Airlines)

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Vanni Gibertini

Vanni fell in love with commercial aviation during his undergraduate studies in Statistics at the University of Bologna, when he prepared his thesis on the effects of deregulation on the U.S. and European aviation markets. Then he pursued his passion further by obtaining a Master’s Degree in Air Transport Management at Cranfield University in the U.K. followed by holding several management positions at various start-up carriers in Europe (Jet2, SkyEurope, Silverjet). After moving to Canada, he was Business Development Manager for IATA for nine years before turning to his other passion: sports writing.

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