{"id":83336,"date":"2012-10-02T14:34:37","date_gmt":"2012-10-02T05:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=28855"},"modified":"2016-04-01T03:07:27","modified_gmt":"2016-03-31T18:07:27","slug":"ride-dolphins-in-the-sky","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/ride-dolphins-in-the-sky\/","title":{"rendered":"Ride Dolphins in the Sky!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amakusa Airlines (connecting Fukuoka and Amakusa, Kumamoto) have revealed their newest\u2013 and arguably cutest\u2013 aircraft redesign featuring a trio of dolphins! The new design is featured on the airline\u2019s Bombardier DHC 8-103\u2013 a Canadian propeller aircraft that seats 39 passengers. The main body of the passenger craft is painted as a mother dolphin, whilst the engines below the wings are painted as two baby dolphins. Inspiration from the design comes from Amakusa City\u2019s reputation as a dolphin-watching site. The redesigned planes will be put into use by Feb. 2013, and before the launch, Amakusa Airlines is inviting applications to submit a nickname for the new aircraft (check the official website later this month). Only in Japan! Source: Nishinippon Shimbun Oct. 2, 2012, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nishinippon.co.jp\/nnp\/item\/327003\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.nishinippon.co.jp\/nnp\/item\/327003<\/a>, Official HP: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amx.co.jp\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.amx.co.jp<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/39e3820180167b31bef62b75d84e670f.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/39e3820180167b31bef62b75d84e670f.jpg?resize=380%2C220\" alt=\"\" title=\"39e3820180167b31bef62b75d84e670f\" width=\"380\" height=\"220\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/39e3820180167b31bef62b75d84e670f.jpg?w=380&amp;ssl=1 380w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/39e3820180167b31bef62b75d84e670f.jpg?resize=300%2C173&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amakusa Airlines (connecting Fukuoka and Amakusa, Kumamoto) have revealed their newest\u2013 and arguably cutest\u2013 aircraft redesign featuring a trio of dolphins! The new design is featured on the airline\u2019s Bombardier DHC 8-103\u2013 a Canadian propeller aircraft that seats 39 passengers. The main body of the passenger craft is painted as a mother dolphin, whilst the engines below the wings are painted as two baby dolphins. Inspiration from the design comes from Amakusa City\u2019s reputation as a dolphin-watching site. The redesigned planes will be put into use by Feb. 2013, and before the launch, Amakusa Airlines is inviting applications to submit a nickname for the new aircraft (check the official website later this month). Only in Japan!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6391,"featured_media":28856,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-83336","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-category-travel-tourism","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/83336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6391"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83336"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}