All Nippon Airways has launched Japan's first commercial service employing an Airbus SAS A380, the world's largest passenger plane, on its Narita to Honolulu route.

The 520-seat double-decker jet will initially make three round trips per week on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays departing from Narita airport, near Tokyo, with the number increasing to 10 round trips per week from July 1 after a second A380 starts operating in June, according to ANA. It made its first trip Friday.

The airline is planning to eventually operate three A380 aircraft. The plane, with a livery featuring Hawaiian Honu sea turtles, has "an overwhelming presence," said ANA Holdings Inc. President and CEO Shinya Katanozaka.