Saturday, June 13, 2026

"Japan Airlines to launch lunar transport service, allowing items to be preserved for the future"

I guess that will make the New York to Singapore flight that Singapore Airlines runs only the second longest commercial flight.

From Singapore's Straits Times, May 27:

https://cassette.sphdigital.com.sg/image/straitstimes/03087c03244c9125145d44c4b381af80a4cad7c644a3e24519a201dd5d444357 

Using ispace landers, Mobius Ark will carry regional specialties and products 
representative of local businesses to the Moon’s surface. PHOTO: ISPACE_INC/X

Japan Airlines (JAL) will launch a service to transport containers to the moon, the firm announced on May 26.

JAL will sell partitioned spaces within the containers to businesses and local governments, enabling them to pack and transport products, such as regional specialities, they wish to preserve for future generations.

This will be the world’s first lunar transport service operated by an airline, according to JAL. For the inaugural shipment, the company plans to load a special container onto a lunar lander to be launched in 2028 by the Tokyo-based start-up ispace....

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