Chartered aircraft to support return home from Wuhan, China Letter of appreciation to ANA

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The government has given a letter of appreciation to ANA, which has operated a charter flight with Wuhan in Hubei Province, China, where the infection situation of the new coronavirus was the most serious, and which supported the return of Japanese people to ANA.

This January, the city was blocked in Wuhan, China, so the government sent charter aircraft five times, and a total of 828 Japanese people returned.

On the 23rd, Foreign Minister Mogi gave a letter of appreciation to President Hiroshi Hirako of ANA, who operated the charter aircraft, for his great contribution without regard to the fear and danger of infection.

After that, employees involved in the operation responded to the interview, and at that time, Mr. Masahiro Tsurukawa, who was coordinating at the office at Wuhan Airport, said, ``I think that we should be able to return to Japan from the time when Wuhan was blocked. It was difficult to adjust for the first time, and I was forced to respond from morning till night. Due to the risk of infection, there was a tendency to refrain from going out locally, but the local Chinese staff also worked with a sense of mission. I recalled those days.

In addition, Mariko Ishiguro, a flight attendant for the charter aircraft, said, “The person returning to Japan seemed to be very tired because he had to wait at the airport for a long time. The service was limited to prevent infection, but even a little before arrival. I was careful to make people feel at ease."