A Cathay Pacific flight, on the Hong Kong - Los Angeles route, is offering passengers a special and almost fantastic experience for the New Year.

They will have the opportunity to celebrate the same event twice, thanks to the special effect of time zone changes and the crossing of the International Date Line.

Flight CX880 departed Hong Kong on January 1, 2026, at 00:30, thus experiencing the start of the New Year according to the local time of the Asian city. However, due to the large time difference between Asia and the west coast of the United States, the same flight will land in Los Angeles on December 31, 2025, at 20:55 (local time).

This means that after celebrating the New Year in Hong Kong, passengers and crew will have the opportunity to "go back" to 2025 when they arrive in Los Angeles, and celebrate the New Year once again, this time according to local American time.

Such a phenomenon, known as “time travel” due to the different time zones and crossing of the International Date Line, is not uncommon for trans-Pacific flights. However, the case of flight CX880 has attracted a lot of attention, as it offers a unique and symbolic experience: a double New Year’s celebration that seems to travel from the future to the past.

This unusual phenomenon has sparked curiosity and humor among travelers, who have described the experience as something extraordinary, a unique way to start 2026 by feeling the effect of "time travel" in practice. /Telegraph/

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