TOKYO: Japan’s two biggest airlines said on Sunday that more than 100 domestic flights were suspended in Japan due to heavy snowfall in the country’s northern and western parts.
ANA Holdings The company’s director of operations, Yutaka Kitahara, said 77 flights had been halted as of 1 p.m. (0400 GMT), affecting about 5,100 passengers.
“Weather conditions remain unstable in northeastern Japan, so further cancellations are possible,” Kitahara said.
Japan Airlines Company A representative of the airline’s operations department said 35 flights had been canceled as of 10 am (0100 GMT), affecting 1,810 passengers.
around the world, thousands flights have been canceled Due to the rapid spread of new over the Christmas weekend omicron coronavirus variant,
Japan, which has tightened border controls to counter the threat from Omicron, has reported only a dozen cases of community spread of the new variant and a total of 231 cases. omicron infectionAccording to the Ministry of Health, including foreign arrivals.
ANA Holdings The company’s director of operations, Yutaka Kitahara, said 77 flights had been halted as of 1 p.m. (0400 GMT), affecting about 5,100 passengers.
“Weather conditions remain unstable in northeastern Japan, so further cancellations are possible,” Kitahara said.
Japan Airlines Company A representative of the airline’s operations department said 35 flights had been canceled as of 10 am (0100 GMT), affecting 1,810 passengers.
around the world, thousands flights have been canceled Due to the rapid spread of new over the Christmas weekend omicron coronavirus variant,
Japan, which has tightened border controls to counter the threat from Omicron, has reported only a dozen cases of community spread of the new variant and a total of 231 cases. omicron infectionAccording to the Ministry of Health, including foreign arrivals.
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