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If youβre getting impatient while waiting for a brainiac to finally find a way to travel through time, booking a seat on one of these flights might be the next best thing.
Seeing as though the geniuses of the world are still struggling to come up with a viable way to defy the laws of physics so we can return to the past and visit the future, this is the closest thing youβre going to get.
The only stipulations are that you would be travelling in a plane rather than something resembling Doctor Whoβs tardis, and you have to make the journey on New Yearβs Day.
So while you work out whether thatβs something youβd fancy next year, letβs fill you in on what some excited passengers will be experiencing later this evening (31 December).
A host of people will have the chance to raise a glass to the dawn of a New Year twice thanks to the route their flights are taking today.
Those on board planes which cross the International Date Line (IDL) will effectively βtravel back in timeβ, due to departing from their destination on 1 January but touching down in a place where itβs still 2024.
For those who donβt know, the IDL is an imaginary line across the Earthβs surface which passes through the Pacific Ocean and sets a boundary between places with two different calendar dates.
The International Date Line is responsible for the so-called βtime travelβ flights (X)
Think of how Australia is pretty much one day in front of us lot in the UK β when you cross the date line travelling eastward, you lose a day.
If youβre heading west, you gain a day. Simple, right?
The IDL has no legal international status and countries are free to choose the dates that they observe, according to the US National Ocean Service.
βWhile the date line generally runs north to south from pole to pole, it zigzags around political borders such as eastern Russia and Alaskaβs Aleutian Islands,β it explained.
βWhen you cross the date line, you become a time traveler of sorts! Cross to the west and itβs one day later; cross back and youβve βgone back in timeβ.β
The IDL β which separates the Western and Eastern hemispheres and is the epicentre where each calendar day begins and ends β is located roughly halfway around the world from the prime meridian, the 0 degrees longitude line in Greenwich, England.
So now youβve got your head around all of the confusing stuff, letβs get down to the flight details.
Planes obviously cross the IDL throughout the rest of the year too, but if you want to quantum leap between years, you need a spot on a New Yearβs Day flight.
Booking a plane seat for New Yearβs Day on specific journeys can allow you to celebrate it twice (Getty Stock Photo)
Take this United Airlines flight which is taking off from Guam, a US territory, on Wednesday (1 January) for example.
Itβs scheduled to take off from the Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport at 7.25am tomorrow morning for a seven hour and 15 minute journey to Honolulu, Hawaii.
So, those onboard will have already rang in the New Year the night beforeβ¦but when they touch down, the passengers will have the opportunity to do it all over again.
Thatβs because the travellers β or should I say βtime travellersβ β will land at 6:40pm when it is still 31 December in Honolulu.
Although itβs technically an internal flight, the plane will still cross the IDL.
United Airlines had a similarly timed flight scheduled last year too, telling customers: βYou only live once, but you can celebrate New Yearβs Eve twice!β
Unfortunately though, the journey was delayed significantly, meaning a double New Year was off the cards, according to the Independent.
You could also carry out this time travel schtick on flights that are travelling eastward across the IDL if they depart from places such as Tokyo or Sydney, too.
Brits who are struggling for plans obviously canβt jump on this last minute, but itβs certainly nice to know for next year.
