The Hello Kitty plane - in pictures

Flight attendants welcome you on board, preparing you for the journey of a lifetime. If that journey is being made while you're a seven-year-old girl Photograph: Barcroft Media

Take a moment. Take in the fluffy clouds, the kittens dancing in the air, the 150 tonnes of metal now given a cartoon makeover Photograph: Barcroft Media

Time for your close-up. Here's Fifi (left), Joey (middle) and Kitty (right), lording it up on the side of the plane Photograph: Barcroft Media

Wait for meeee … Hello Kitty's wily gang preparing for take-off Photograph: Barcroft Media

Hello Kitty's beauty isn't just external. Oh no. Inside Eva Air's mega plane you get Hello Kitty cups, cutlery and air stewards looking really happy to be wrapped in pink Kitty aprons Photograph: Barcroft Media

Hello Kitty headrests. Hello Kitty pillows. Hello, but this is an eerie number of mouthless kitties to be staring at for too long Photograph: Barcroft Media

Kitty TV. Everything you ever wanted from in-flight entertainment Photograph: Barcroft Media

Dinner time! No actual kittens will be harmed in the making of your in-flight meal, but you do get to scoff what looks like plasticine Photograph: Barcroft Media

Food, toys, gadgets, toilet paper … everything you ever needed in the air, with a kitten stamped on top Photograph: Barcroft Media

Ladies and gentlemen, please make sure your seat backs and tray tables are in their fully upright position. Goodbye Kitty! Photograph: Barcroft Media