As adorable as the Pikachu Jet may be, this news might seem bittersweet to overseas Pokémon fans, what with Japan’s borders still closed to international leisure tourism.
Pikachu Jet takes off, and will be flying fans around Japan for years to come.
Part of the Flying Pikachu tourism project, the plane departed Tokyo’s Haneda Airport and arrived later that day at Naha in Okinawa.
Monday was the first flight of Japanese low-cost carrier Skymark Airlines‘ new Pikachu Jet.