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Home / News / World News / Unable to fly, travelers hop on flights to reach nowhere
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    Unable to fly, travelers hop on flights to reach nowhere

    Dyuti Biswas
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    Last updated on Aug 20, 2020, 12:19 am
    Unable to fly, travelers hop on flights to reach nowhere
  • With the coronavirus pandemic putting brakes on flying worldwide, frequent fliers are trying different styles to satisfy their "wanderlust".

    In Tokyo, they are turning to virtual reality to re-live their past flying experiences and in Taiwan, they are boarding flights to reach nowhere, quite literally.

    First Airlines, which is assisting this experience in Tokyo, is reaping profits through its unusual idea.

    Here's more.

  • In this article
    Welcome aboard the world's first virtual aviation facility VR headsets fuels "virtual" flying for a satisfying experience A passenger said the experience was real and fulfilling Separately, Taiwan's EVA Air is also scoring big Virtual reality brings joy in the time of pandemic
  • Tokyo

    Welcome aboard the world's first virtual aviation facility

    Welcome aboard the world's first virtual aviation facility
  • First Airlines, which prides itself as the "World's First Virtual Aviation Facility," aims to give passengers a complete flying experience. In this quest, it has built its aircraft just like the real one.

    Passengers get "boarding passes," there is an airport, and flight attendants make in-flight announcements as well.

    As per Washington Post, each ticket costs $62 (approximately Rs. 4,640).

  • Details

    VR headsets fuels "virtual" flying for a satisfying experience

    VR headsets fuels "virtual" flying for a satisfying experience
  • Upon boarding the 'flight', each passenger is given a VR headset which takes them on a virtual tour of countries and cities such as New York, London, New Zealand, Helsinki, etc.

    There is also a curated onboard menu to choose from.

    Every listed destination has its own menu card; for example, New York's "travelers" get clam chowder and cheesecake while Hawaii's get poke.

  • Quote

    A passenger said the experience was real and fulfilling

  • "I often go overseas on business, but I haven't been to Italy. My impression was rather good because I got a sense of actually seeing things there," a local businessman who boarded the mock flight in Tokyo told Reuters.

  • EVA Air

    Separately, Taiwan's EVA Air is also scoring big

    Separately, Taiwan's EVA Air is also scoring big
  • While the Tokyo company gives passengers a virtual trip, EVA Air, a Taiwanese company, satisfies their travel cravings by taking them nowhere.

    This Father's Day, EVA Air's Sanrio-themed aircraft took passengers to witness the Taiwanese coastline and Japan's Ryukyu Islands.

    The flight didn't land anywhere, just hovered over the "destinations," before returning to the Taoyuan Airport it took off from.

    The experience cost $180 (approximately Rs. 13,470).

  • Conclusion

    Virtual reality brings joy in the time of pandemic

  • Notably, First Airlines started its virtual reality flights in 2017. And after the pandemic, bookings have gone up by 50%.

    EVA Air, on the other hand, is yet to confirm when or whether it will serve another flight like the one on August 8, but hopes are high as the quarantine norms in Taiwan, which has defeated the virus, are rather strict.

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