ANA and JAL halt reservations for some international flights

ANA and Japan Airlines have stopped accepting new reservations for some of their international flights in an effort to tackle the spread of novel coronavirus variants. The two airlines decided on the reservation halt in response to a request from the transport ministry to reduce the number of people entering Japan via international flights as a border control measure, company officials said Wednesday. New reservations were suspended for all of ANA’s international flights that arrive in Japan and for JAL’s Japan-bound flights from Britain, Germany and France, where coronavirus variants are believed to be widespread, officials said. The suspension will be in place at least until March 21 for ANA flights and until the end of March for JAL flights. ANA may maintain the measure beyond its date.<br/>