Japan has a long tradition of \u201cPokemon Jets,\u201d beautiful airliners decorated by the cute critters from the ultra-popular gaming franchise, and a new one is coming.<\/p>\n
The trend started all the way back in 1998 when ANA painted the first three Pokemon Jets, a Boeing 747 and two 767. More followed until perhaps the most famous 747 which was painted in Pikachu\u2019s bright yellow in 2004.<\/p>\n
Many around the world mourned when old faithful JA8957 retired in 2013, as it had become a beloved common sight at Tokyo\u2019s Haneda airport, and it was really impossible not to notice it when it was parked on the aprons.<\/p>\n
Recently, following a few years with no Pokemon Jets in the sky, things picked up again with the two airliners dedicated to Exeggutor<\/a> and Pikachu<\/a> launched by Solaseed Air and Starflyer over the past year.<\/p>\n Now it\u2019s the turn of the Sapporo-based airline Air Do to get its own in order to promote tourism to the northern island of Hokkaido after the difficult years plagued by the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n The aircraft is a Boeing 767-300ER with registration JA607A, a 19-year-old airliner that has been in service with ANA until earlier this month. It\u2019s now getting a brand new coat of paint and it\u2019s all about Vulpix.<\/p>\n It\u2019ll be named \u201cRockon Jet\u201d (Rockon is the Japanese name of Vulpix) and it\u2019ll enter service on December 1. The plan is for it to keep flying with this livery for five years. It\u2019ll even have its own website showing which routes it\u2019ll fly, so you can try to catch it if you\u2019re in Japan.<\/p>\n The livery will feature both the normal Vulpix and its Alolan version, but that\u2019s not the only peculiarity. It\u2019ll actually be asymmetrical, with one side featuring each, alongside Air Do\u2019s blue and yellow colors. Incidentally, Vulpix is the Pokemon associated with Hokkaido, where you can find many of the popular Poke-lids<\/a> featuring the cute little fox-like creatures<\/a>.<\/p>\n The headrest covers will also be decorated with sleeping Vulpix on the left and right seats of each row of three, while the middle seat will have two curious ones. The flight attendants will wear Vulpix aprons and will serve drinks in Vulpix paper cups. Postcards and stickers will also be available for those who want to bring a memento of their flight home.<\/p>\n Below you can check out a special video<\/a> and plenty of images showcasing the decorations described above.<\/p>\n