Passengers on a ‘time travelling’ New Year’s Eve flight delayed, arrive in wrong year

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Last week, United Airlines highlighted an thrilling alternative – a flight that might permit passengers to have fun New Year’s Eve twice.

The flight, UA200, was set to depart Guam at 7.35am native time on 1 January 2024 and arrive in Honolulu at 6:50pm on 31 December 2024.

“You only live once, but you can celebrate New Year’s Eve twice,” United Airlines wrote on X.

Passengers, nevertheless, solely acquired one New Year’s Eve celebration this year: The flight departed Guam at 2pm, touchdown passengers in Hawaii simply a jiffy previous midnight, in response to tracker FlightRadar24.

“Great idea, too bad it got delayed! I was supposed to be on this flight,” one passenger wrote on X. “Double new year isn’t happening anymore. Maye next year?”

United Airlines responded with rebooking help data.

“I’m sure rebooking is exactly what this person wants, unless the next flight travels back in time,” one other X consumer wrote on the thread.

A handful of “time travelling” New Year’s Eve flights occur every year when planes journey throughout the worldwide date line. Some even occur by likelihood: In 2017, a aircraft was set to depart from Auckland at 11.55pm on New Year’s Eve, and land in Honolulu at 9.45am on the identical day. However, because of a brief delay, passengers acquired to ring in 2018 twice — as soon as on the aircraft and as soon as in Hawaii.

United Airlines declined to remark when contacted by The Independent.