Japan Airlines And ANA Halt Reservations For Some International Flights

In a bid to tackle the spread of new coronavirus variants, Japan Airlines and all Nippon Airways (ANA) have stopped accepting new reservations for a few of their international flights.

The two airlines decided on the reservation halt in response to a request from the transport ministry to scale back the number of individuals entering Japan via international flights as a border control measure, company officials said Wednesday.

New reservations were suspended for all of ANA’s international flights that arrive in Japan and for JAL’s Japan-bound flights from Britain, Germany, and France, where coronavirus variants are believed to be widespread, officials said.

The suspension are going to be in place at least until March 21 for ANA flights and until the end of March for JAL flights. ANA may maintain the measure beyond its date.

The number of infections with coronavirus variants has been increasing gradually in Japan. Earlier this month, the transport ministry asked airlines to keep the number of flight passengers entering Japan at or below 100 per flight and at or below 3,400 per week.

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