Jun 7, 2002
The growing threat of war between India and Pakistan has prompted
the Japanese foreign ministry to charter a plane to fly its nationals out of
New Delhi on Monday and forced Japan Airlines to change its schedules.The
move comes after reports that commercial flights from India are fully booked
and seats have become scarce. Japan's largest carrier, JAL, has temporarily
cut back on services between Tokyo and New Delhi.The airline says it is
canceling one of its weekly flights between the two cities. JAL Flight 471
from Tokyo on June 13 has been canceled together with the return flight from
New Delhi, JL472. Both services have been re-scheduled for the following
Monday, June 17.Flights to and from Pakistan are, at the moment,
unaffected.In common with a number of other countries, Japan has been
advising its nationals to leave the region unless they have exceptional
reasons for remaining. A similar warning has been issued by the UK
government.The Japanese Foreign Ministry confirmed that a charter is being
arranged because of complaints that scheduled services are fully booked.
Officials are contacting Japanese nationals to find out how many want to take
the charter flight.
Leo/ORD
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