Drinking and flying above Tokyo

[Captain Japan]

Party with your friends above glitzy Tokyo

Tokyo - It will soon be possible to party in the air over Tokyo Bay in chartered jetliners, a novelty launched just after 141 countries pledged environmental responsibility under the Kyoto Protocol reached in Japan.

For a group tab of $70 000 dollars), up to 290 people can enjoy an hour over Tokyo Bay in a Boeing 767 or Airbus A300 followed by a banquet at the elite Hotel Nikko Tokyo.

Japan Airlines said it would offer the pleasure flights for events such as product launches or school reunions and that it could provide company or school songs in the cabin and special logos on the headrest covers.

The novelty flights, billed as the first of their kind in Japan, were announced on Thursday, a day after the Kyoto Protocol went into effect in a bid to stop emissions that are causing global warming.

This is pretty good:

But Yuri Onodera, director of the climate change program of Friends of the Earth Japan, said potential JAL air revellers should think about the environment while enjoying themselves....the rest...

[FG Lurker]

Hehe, sounds like a real blast...

$250/head (assuming a full capacity of 290 people) to spend an hour drinking while strapped into an economy class seat.

Then, already half-blasted, you get to make your way back top the Nikko Hotel for dinner! How many drunken salarymen will puke on the train or bus on the way back in....?

Fun fun fun!

[Mulboyne]

For a group tab of $70 000 dollars), up to 290 people can enjoy an hour over Tokyo Bay in a Boeing 767 or Airbus A300 followed by a banquet at the elite Hotel Nikko Tokyo.

Personally, I can't imagine the attraction of sitting in an aeroplane over Tokyo for an hour. I get the chance to do that every time the flights stack up over Narita.

[kamome]

It's more fun to fly in a single-engine Cessna at nighttime. With only four seats and the overhead wing allowing for greater visibility, you can get spectacular views.