ANA to increase frequency on London-Tokyo route

All Nippon Airways is to restore its London-Tokyo route to a daily service from 1 July as Japan relaxes its Covid-19 entry rules. ANA, which restarted flights from London Heathrow and Haneda on 1 June, said the decision to increase capacity for July and August came as Japan introduced a new traffic light system for international visitors from 1 June. This system categorises countries and regions into three groups: blue, yellow and red, depending on risk of Covid infection. Visitors from the lowest-risk blue group, including the UK and Ireland, will be exempt from testing on arrival and will not have to self-quarantine even if they are unvaccinated. Japan will still require passengers to take a pre-departure PCR test. ANA is operating eastbound London-Tokyo flights on the central Asian route, while westbound services are taking the northern polar route to avoid Russian airspace.<br/>