On March 1, the first flight of All Nippon Airways' new low-cost carrier, Peach Aviation Ltd., was launched. Yes, now we know that fruit can fly. This may bring on a whole slew of flying fruit — flying bananas, pineapples, and even low-budget strawberries.

You never could have named an airline after a peach where I come from, mainly because it never would have gotten approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Believe it or not, fruit transportation is nothing new. In 1961 Roald Dahl established peach travel in his book "James and the Giant Peach." James floated inside his peach through the English Channel and out into the Atlantic Ocean. From there, with the aid of hundreds of seagulls, he flew the giant peach through the air to New York City. And in the Japanese "Momotaro" folk story, the "Peach Boy" was named so because he was born from a peach. An old lady had found the peach bobbing down the river and when she took it home, a baby boy popped out. (I'm holding out for this kind of child myself — sounds a lot easier than natural childbirth). So historically, we have seen the peach as a vessel for transport down rivers, across oceans, and as a portable womb.