Air China is โขscaling back itsโ flight service to Japan, a move โimpacting travel plans, โparticularly โขduringโ theโฃ typically โขhigh-demand Spring โFestivalโ holiday period. The reduction inโข flightsโข comes amid heightened geopoliticalโข tensions between China โขand Japan, following โrecent exchanges regarding โฃTaiwan.
The decision to decrease service affects travelers โintending to visit Japan from China โand possibly impactsโค Japanese tourism to China. Officials confirmed โขthe cuts, โwhich were announced following a series of โdiplomatic responses concerning โขstatementsโค made by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida regarding Taiwan.โ The Asahi Shimbun reported on the escalating exchange, framing it as a potential crisis situation. While the exact number of โflights โฃaffected and the durationโข of โคthe reduction haven’t been fully detailed,โฃ the timing coinciding with the Spring festival – a major travel seasonโค for Chinese citizens -โข suggests a โคsignificant impact on available โฃroutes.