After JAL, Air India, ANA also announces round trip flights from Delhi to Tokyo under air bubble
In all, there will be 27 flights between New Delhi and Tokyo from November to January by three airline companies JAL, Air India, and ANA.
NEW DELHI: Closely following the footsteps of Japan Airlines Limited (JAL) and Air India, the All Nippon Airways (ANA) also has announced to operate its flights between New Delhi and Tokyo during November, December, and January months under the air bubble arrangement established by India with Japan.
The Japanese airliner ANA would operate eight round trips between New Delhi and Haneda airport (Tokyo) during these three months.
According to ANA, the sales and reservations for the November month would start from Wednesday, October 28. However, the sales and reservations had already started for flights for the month of December and January.
On Tuesday, ANA announced the dates for the New Delhi to Haneda flights as of November 25, December 12, December 19, December 26, January, January 16, January 23, and January 30.
The ANA carriers would fly back to New Delhi from Haneda on all next days on November 26, December 13, December 20, December 27, January 10, January 17, January 24, and January 31.
Prior to this JAL too had announced to operate its carriers from Haneda to New Delhi on November 17, 20, 28, December 4, 19, and January 9, 16, 19, and 28, and the booking of tickets had taken off from October 23.
India’s state carrier Air India too has announced to start its service from New Delhi to Tokyo from November 2 to December 28, and from Tokyo to Delhi from November 4 to December 30.
In all, there will be 27 flights between New Delhi and Tokyo from November to January by three airline companies JAL, Air India, and ANA.
How to book tickets:
Unlike earlier times, the carrier companies are accepting ticket reservations on their websites.
In the came of ANA, travelers can now check the website https://www.ana.co.jp/ja/jp/international/ for the availability of seats on each flight.
Who are eligible to avail of these services:
If the travelers have a fever and strong fatigue (malaise) or dyspnea (dyspnea), they may be refused boarding during the boarding procedure at the check-in counter, and therefore are required to be in good physical condition.
Those who are considering returning to Japan using these special flight, or those whose visa has expired or whose visa has expired by the time of departure must be extended on the FRRO website by the time of departure. Or, please complete the departure permit procedure and obtain the necessary permit before returning to Japan.
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Due to the new measures for strengthening border measures that have been implemented since May 27, it will be necessary to undergo an antigen test upon arrival in Japan, and it will be necessary to wait at home for 14 days after entering Japan. To move to your home, etc., you must be able to move without using public transportation (railway, bus, taxi, airplane (domestic flight), etc.), so you must pick up and drop off at your family or your company in advance. Please secure transportation such as arranging a rental car.
Due to the new measures to strengthen border measures that have been implemented since May 27, foreign nationals who have stayed in India for 14 days before entering Japan are subject to entry denial.
However, those who hold a status of residence in Japan (with Japanese passport) are allowed to re-enter Japan under certain conditions and procedures.
Japan is one of the 13 countries with which India has established air bubbles or air bridges. These countries are the United States, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Canada, Maldives, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Nigeria, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Japan.
What is an air bubble?
In order to mitigate a host of quarantine and Covid-10 testing rules in arrival destinations, governments are implementing “air bubble” agreements between countries.
Air bubbles or travel corridors are systems established with the countries that perceive each other to be safe and allow their carriers to fly passengers either way without any restrictions.
This was also aimed to strengthen trade ties with each other and kickstart sectors such as travel and tourism. These flights happen to be different from repatriation flights like the Vande Bharat Mission (VBM) flights, which were only one way and the passengers were required to register with the respective embassies to board such flights.
