JAL says omicron delays international flight recovery to February

Airline's domestic business remains strong despite new variant: president

20211210 JAL press conference

Yuji Akasaka, president of Japan Airlines, said in a news conference on Friday 'we expect that the recovery of international flights will begin in earnest from March to April.' (Photo by Tetsuya Kitayama) 

NANA SHIBATA, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- New travel restrictions prompted by the omicron coronavirus variant would set back the nascent recovery in Japan Airlines' international flights until February, the president of the company said on Friday.

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