{"id":33092,"date":"2025-11-08T10:42:26","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T10:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/?p=33092"},"modified":"2025-11-19T10:31:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T10:31:33","slug":"japan-to-cut-intercontinental-travel-to-1-hour-here-is-the-ticket-price","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/japan-to-cut-intercontinental-travel-to-1-hour-here-is-the-ticket-price\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan to Cut Intercontinental Travel to 1 Hour: Here is the Ticket Price"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Japan<\/strong> is preparing to reduce intercontinental travel<\/strong> to just one hour through suborbital flights<\/strong>. This new era, set to begin with space planes<\/strong>, promises a revolution in both passenger transport and logistics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nippon Travel Agency, one of Japan’s largest travel agencies, plans to break new ground in aviation with a new service scheduled to begin in the 2030s. The company’s goal is to transport passengers to anywhere in the world within 60 minutes<\/strong> using suborbital flights. Thanks to this, even a Tokyo-New York flight, which normally takes close to 13 hours, could be reduced to just 1 hour<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project is being conducted in partnership with Innovative Space Carrier, a Japanese space company developing reusable rockets<\/a><\/em><\/strong>. The flights will be carried out using the ASCA<\/strong> model space plane, which can take off from special platforms at sea. The journey will begin with a transfer to the sea platform. The vehicle will ascend to the edge of the atmosphere, trace a suborbital arc, and then land on another platform, also located at sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How Much Will a Round-Trip Ticket Cost?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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However, this ultra-luxurious and fast travel comes with a considerable price tag. The round-trip ticket price is estimated to be approximately 100 million Japanese Yen<\/strong> (about $652,000<\/strong>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project is not just a tourism spectacle for space enthusiasts, though. The main goal is to redefine intercontinental passenger transport<\/strong> and significantly speed up the logistics<\/strong> of cargo, especially for urgent shipments. Similar ideas are being explored in countries like China to meet the needs of e-commerce and rapid supply chains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Significant technical and economic hurdles must be overcome for this vision to be realized. Critical questions, such as durability against extreme aerodynamic loads, high-level safety requirements<\/strong>, energy efficiency<\/strong>, and whether this system will be economically sustainable<\/strong>, still await answers. Therefore, the success of the project largely depends on overcoming these challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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