Mickey, Minnie and Disney friends take to Indian skies

July 09, 2012 18:48

Mickey and Minnie along with friends Donald, Goofy, Pluto and other lovable toon characters of Walt Disney are going to light up the Indian skies soon.

A plane full of children along with their families is flying from here to Hong Kong Disneyland in a special chartered Boeing 737 that was unveiled at the Mumbai international airport on Monday.

The children, aged between 3 years and 13 years and totalling 37 in number are all winners of the 'Jet Set Go' contest that ran this summer beginning April 29, 2012.

Under the campaign, a collaboration between the Disney Channel and Jet Airways, the fuselage of a Boeing 737800 aircraft has been painted with the insignia, characters and colours of the Walt Disney channel company.

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