Why isn't there a hot air balloon emoji?

Most emoji for modes of transportation were encoded because they are used for maps, so maybe they weren't prevalent as a bus for instance. Then again they had the rocket. Maybe you could make a proposal for it. read more

The 'balloon' emoji is a special symbol that can be used on smartphones, tablets, and computers. Your device needs to support this particular emoji in order for you to be able to use it, otherwise the emoji may not appear. On many devices, you can use the shortcode :balloon: to add the balloon emoji to your messages. read more

A single balloon, used for birthdays and other celebrations. Displayed as red on most platforms, except Samsung which displays a blue balloon. Balloon was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and added to Emoji 1.0 in 2015. read more

Even if your proposed 'Hot Air Balloon' emoji doesn’t fill in a gap somewhere, no worries, it doesn’t necessarily have to in order to be considered. The Unicode Subcommittee takes care of some of this on their own. read more