Kansai Airports: Offering “Mt. Fuji sightseeing charter flight on Pikachu Jet” October 20, 2023

Skymark Airlines Inc., Hankyu Travel International Co., Ltd., and Kansai Airports Kobe joined to offer a "One-day Mt. Fuji Sightseeing Charter Flight on Pikachu Jet from Kobe Airport" on December 9. Hankyu Travel International will begin accepting applications Today.

This charter flight was made possible by the desires of the three companies to revitalize Kobe Airport and to support the growth of children who will lead the next generation. The Pikachu Jet BC*, a specially painted airplane with Pokémon, will make a round trip from Kobe Airport and fly above Mt. Fuji. In addition, we will provide fun events such as an aviation class and photo session at Kobe Airport. 

*An airplane without the Pikachu paint may be used, or the flight route may change without prior notice due to inclement weather, aircraft arrangement, and other factors. 

Pikachu will see you off and greet you before and after the flight. During the flight, a pilot will give you a lecture about the flight route, and you may win a prize through a lottery. After landing, you can experience the airplane towing* into the hangar while on board, followed by the events shown below. 

1. Aviation class by pilots
2. In-airplane facility and galley tour, as well as work experience with cabin crew 
3. Airplane tour and photo session 

After the above, you will take a bus to tour around the airport.

*Moving airplane using a towing car You can also go home with the original boarding certificate and Pikachu goods.

This is the third charter flight by Pikachu Jet BC, following a round trip between Ibaraki Airport and Chubu International Airport in June 2022 and a tour around Shimojishima Airport (Miyakojima, Okinawa) in January 2023. Customers who have participated so far were delighted with the flights and shared their voices as "The plane was so big!”, “Pikachu was so cute!” or “Pikachu's in-flight announcement made me happy!”

Overview 
Tour name: One-day Mt. Fuji Sightseeing Flight on Pikachu Jet from Kobe Airport 
Date: Saturday, December 9, 2023 
Fee: 37,800 yen (One adult and one child)
Meeting point: In front of group reception counter #2 in the departure lobby on 2F, Kobe Airport terminal building 
Itinerary: 
10:30: Gather at the meeting point
12:00: Boarding begins
12:30 - 14:40: Pikachu Jet BC charter flight Includes a lecture on the flight route 
by pilots, a Bento box lunch, seeing Mt. Fuji from above, a lottery, and more 
15:10–17:10: After disembarking, participants will be divided into groups for an aviation class with a pilot, galley tour, work experience (in-flight announcements, cart service), an airplane tour and photo session, and a bus tour of the airport. 
17:20: End

For more details, please visit event website (Japanese only) at https://www.hankyu-travel.com/tour/detail_d.php?p_course_id=05490&p_hei=30&p_baitai=9582

*Airplane without the Pikachu paint may be used, or the flight route may change without prior notice due to inclement weather, aircraft arrangement and other factors.