Status of airline services to Japan
Reuters has published the responses of airlines from several countries following the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan last week, as well as the subsequent crisis at a nuclear power station. AUSTRALIA: Qantas said it would route its flights to Tokyo via Hong Kong from this evening so that the crew would not stay in Tokyo overnight. AUSTRIA: All Austrian Airlines flights to Tokyo’s Narita airport have been making stopovers in Seoul yesterday. CHINA:
FINLAND: Finnair said its flights to Tokyo are operating as normal. FRANCE/NETHERLANDS: Air France-KLM has increased capacity on its two daily flights from Paris to Tokyo, both of which now make a stopover in Seoul. The airline moved all its crew out of Tokyo to Osaka on Monday. GERMANY: Lufthansa continues services to Japan but is diverting flights away from Tokyo to Osaka and Nagoya via Seoul until at least the weekend. HONG KONG: Cathay Pacific is monitoring the situation carefully but said that so far there has been no indications that flight operations to Japan would be affected. ITALY: Alitalia plans to divert all flights bound for Tokyo to Osaka, effective March 17th. Alitalia operates fourteen flights per week from Rome and Milan to Tokyo’s Narita airport and four flights per week to Osaka. JAPAN: All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines said there had been no schedule changes in their flights from Tokyo to overseas destinations. MALAYSIA:
NEW ZEALAND: Air New Zealand’s flights to Tokyo are continuing according to schedule for the time being, but will be reviewed in the light of new information. PHILIPPINES:
SINGAPORE: Singapore Airlines is monitoring developments in Japan but, that at this point, all its flights to and from Japan are operating as scheduled. SWEDEN: SAS said flights were operating to Japan as normal, but a stopover in Beijing would be added for flights between Wednesday and Friday due to a need for extra crew members to help establish a temporary base in Beijing. SWITZERLAND: Swiss International Air Lines is flying once a day to Tokyo with an interim stop in Hong Kong, allowing the airline to reassess the situation and reduce turnaround time in Tokyo. Crews change in Hong Kong. TAIWAN:
THAILAND: Thai Airways International is still flying to Japan as normal. TURKEY: Turkish airlines is flying as normal to Japan. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Emirates is flying as normal to Japan. UNITED KINGDOM:
UNITED STATES:
VIETNAM: Vietnam Airlines is operating flights to Japan as normal. [Source: Reuters] Quelle: eyefortransport |