Spring delays new Japan route
By Winny Wang |
March 23, 2011, Wednesday
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CHINA'S budget carrier Spring Airlines will postpone the inauguration of a new Japanese route after most passengers returned their tickets over concerns about radiation, joining a group of global airlines that have changed expansion plans in Japan.
"The National Tourism Administration of China has warned tourists not to visit Japan and many tour group guests chose to return their tickets," Zhang Wu'an, a spokesman for the Shanghai-based carrier, told Shanghai Daily yesterday.
The carrier had planned to launch its second Japanese route linking Shanghai with Kagawa on March 27, with 80 percent of tickets booked by tour group guests.
Spring Airlines has also suspended its Shanghai-Ibaraki service - its first Japanese route - because of the destructive earthquake, tsunami and ongoing nuclear power plant crisis.
"We will restart the route when the recovery is underway and I believe it won't take too long. We still plan to open four or five more Japanese routes this year," Zhang said.
Japanese media said earlier this month that Spring Airlines has submitted an application to the Japanese government about running domestic routes in Japan by forming a joint venture with a local company.
The disaster in Japan has set back many tourists as well as airlines. Delta Air Lines has suspended the launch of two new routes to Tokyo Haneda Airport. It had planned to launch a Los Angeles-Tokyo route today and Detroit-Tokyo service tomorrow.
Singapore Airlines said yesterday it will suspend two of its four daily flights between Changi Airport and Tokyo's Haneda Airport from March 27 as demand weakened due to the nuclear plant crisis.
"The National Tourism Administration of China has warned tourists not to visit Japan and many tour group guests chose to return their tickets," Zhang Wu'an, a spokesman for the Shanghai-based carrier, told Shanghai Daily yesterday.
The carrier had planned to launch its second Japanese route linking Shanghai with Kagawa on March 27, with 80 percent of tickets booked by tour group guests.
Spring Airlines has also suspended its Shanghai-Ibaraki service - its first Japanese route - because of the destructive earthquake, tsunami and ongoing nuclear power plant crisis.
"We will restart the route when the recovery is underway and I believe it won't take too long. We still plan to open four or five more Japanese routes this year," Zhang said.
Japanese media said earlier this month that Spring Airlines has submitted an application to the Japanese government about running domestic routes in Japan by forming a joint venture with a local company.
The disaster in Japan has set back many tourists as well as airlines. Delta Air Lines has suspended the launch of two new routes to Tokyo Haneda Airport. It had planned to launch a Los Angeles-Tokyo route today and Detroit-Tokyo service tomorrow.
Singapore Airlines said yesterday it will suspend two of its four daily flights between Changi Airport and Tokyo's Haneda Airport from March 27 as demand weakened due to the nuclear plant crisis.
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