Japanese hotel celebrates 15th anniversary with simulator

Haneda Excel Hotel Tokyu, a hotel directly connected toHaneda Airport Domestic Line 2nd Passenger Terminal, in Tokyo, Japan, has installeda flight simulator imitating a Boeing 737-800 aircraft in a guest room calledthe “Superior Cockpit Room.” In December 2019, the first year of Riwa, thehotel will celebrate its 15th anniversary, and the room was created in anattempt to honor its guests.

In the new Superior Cockpit Room, guests can fly the simulatorunder the guidance of instructors who are familiar with the equipment,including a former captain who has actually experienced flying, by purchasingthe Flight Simulator Experience Plan. The simulator can be booked for 30,000yen for a period of 90 minutes, and the route includes a take-off and landingexperience at the Haneda Airport-Itami Airport.

Guests can reserve the room for two people (twin beds) for 25,300yen for one night in the Flight Simulator Atmosphere Experience Plan, whichallows them to view the cockpit and enjoy the scenery of the simulator inflight through a transparent acrylic board. A movie of the route, which isdisplayed on the simulator’s visual system, includes the take-off and landingat Haneda Airport (day and night). Guests will not be able to touch theinstruments or sit in the pilot’s seat in this plan.

Up until now, the Premier Flyers Room (formerly: FlyersRoom), which has rooms facing the runway at Haneda Airport and a first classseat used for international flights in 2007, has been used by many aviationfans for many years.

Since the hotel began taking reservations for the Superior Cockpit Room in July, it has been booked almost every day and has continued to be reserved well into the month of August.