While European airlines have been restricted from flying over Russia and canceled flights to Japan, Japan Airlines has decided to operate code-share flights with European airlines independently without giving the name of the other airline. We have begun to take unusual measures.
As sanctions for military invasion of Ukraine, European countries have banned Russian airlines from flying over their own countries, while Russia has also restricted European airlines to fly in the territory.
For this reason, flights from European countries to Japan on routes that pass over Russia have begun to be canceled.
In response to this situation, Japan Airlines has begun an unusual response among Japanese airlines that have not been restricted by Russia to operate European flights so far.
▽ Code-share flights between Haneda and London in the United Kingdom and Helsinki in Finland, and flights between
Narita and Frankfurt in Germany, which are code-share flights with local airlines, are operated independently without giving the name of the other airline. I am.
In addition to being announced as a single flight on the bulletin boards and announcements at the airport, passengers will change the operating company from each country's company to Japan Airlines for boarding procedures.
Japan Airlines says it is a response to ensure the transportation of passengers and will continue until the 26th of this month.
Customer "Thank you for being able to go"
A 38-year-old man who is heading from Haneda to London, England for agricultural training said, "I originally planned to go to London last year, but due to the influence of Corona, I decided to go now. Originally I plan to go to British Airways. However, I was prepared to not be able to go due to the influence of Russia and the UK, so I am grateful to be able to change to JAL. "