Japanese airline ANA (All Nippon Airlines) revealed the livery of the third of the three Pokémon Jets announced back in February: the Blue Pokémon Jet.
Named simply Blue Pokémon Jet, it celebrates all the water-type starter Pokémon for all ten generations, including the latest from Winds and Waves, alongside the omnipresent Pikachu.
Unlike the Red and Green Pokémon Jet revealed in May, this one will be a smaller 737-800 registered as JA56AN.
It’s a veteran aircraft that has been flying in the skies of Japan for seventeen years and will debut with the new livery in December 2026 or later. Unsurprisingly, it’ll fly only to domestic destinations.
Flights will be further enriched by branded Pokémon features like headrest covers, limited-edition cups, and custom cocktail napkins. You can see the new livery below.
We also hear that, to celebrate the debut of the Red Pokémon Jet on July 28, 2026, a collaboration with Pokémon GO will be launched. Starting at 4:00 p.m. local time, PokéStops and Gyms will appear at selected airports, where you can enjoy Raid Battles and Timed Research.
While the “selected airports” have not been revealed, Red Pokémon Jet (like Blue and unlike Green) will fly only to domestic destinations, which means that the airports are likely to be in Japan.
The collaboration between ANA and Pokémon has a long and beloved tradition that started all the way back in 1998 with a Boeing 747 and two Boeing 767 featuring the popular characters on their liveries.
The trend returned to the spotlight a few years ago after a pretty long hiatus via the Pokémon Air Adventures initiative created to promote tourism and travel.
Several airlines in Japan, including Skymark, Solaseed Air, and Air Do, and in Asia, including China Airlines, Scoot, Garuda Indonesia, and T’way, fly airliners starring Pokémon characters.
ANA itself currently flies the Eevee Jet NH (a 777-300ER registered as JA784A), while the Pikachu Jet NH (a 787-9 registered as JA894A) hasrecently been parked, with some of its parts used on other aircraft.
This had a rather funny result, with a completely normal-looking 787 that is now flying with engines with Pokéballs, and another flies with a door portraying a detail of Rayquaza’s claw.
ANA is also particularly beloved among fans for having flown the most popular Pokémon Jet of all time, the beloved “Pikachu Jumbo” JA8957, which debuted in 2004. The beautiful 747-481D was beloved due to its massive size and striking yellow color.
Unfortunately, all good things come to an end, and it was eventually retired in 2013, but it still holds a special place in the hearts of many fans and travelers.
More recently, ANA launched an in-flight safety video and a disembarkation video featuring Pokémon characters. They were initially designed to be displayed only on the two Pokémon Jets mentioned above, but they proved so successful that ANA decided to put them on all flights.
This was supposed to be done for a limited time, until May 2025, but again, their success prompted the airline to extend their presence, and they’re still currently aired on all ANA flights with no end in sight.
