Trains with SIA's batik motif to run in Nagoya, Japan till Nov. 3

Some Nagoya Railway trains will sport floral batik liveries until Nov. 3 to celebrate 35 years of Singapore Airlines (SIA) flying to and from Nagoya.

シンガポール航空の名古屋就航35周年を記念した特別デザインの名鉄電車が10月7日から11月3日まで運行されます。今朝セントレアのスタッフが名鉄岐阜駅で見つけたそうです！みなさんもバティック柄の車体をぜひ見つけてください！ pic.twitter.com/UmgsHicInZ

— 中部国際空港セントレア (@Centrairairport) October 7, 2024

The trains with the special livery will operate on 12 lines including the Nagoya Main, Toyokawa, Inuyama and Tokoname lines, SIA said in a Japanese press release on Oct. 4.

The batik patterns, featured on SIA's iconic sarong kebaya uniforms, represents the history and tradition of the airline as well as Singapore's representation as a garden city.

According to Japanese site Aviation Wire, SIA began flying to Nagoya on Oct. 30, 1989.

At the time, they operated three round trips per week with a Boeing 747-200.

In October 1991, they switched to direct flights, and operated four rounds trips per week, and in June 1996, they operated one round trip every day.

Good food

SIA passengers departing from Nagoya from Oct. 1 to 26 will get to have in-flight meals using specialties from the Chubu region.

Economy class passengers can sample Nagoya's kishimen noodles, grilled eel and local beef from the Chita Peninsula.

Business class passengers will have a choice of meals curated by Michelin-starred chef Yoshihiro Murata.

The new dishes include marinated sea bream from Minamichita, a fishing town in Chita district, and Nagoya cochin chicken with matsutake mushroom rice.

Top photo via Centrairairport/X