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Japan Airlines is operating special flights between Tokyo and the city of Niigata on a temporary basis while the surface transport
links between Niigata Prefecture and the Tokyo region remain disrupted following a series of earthquakes on October 23.
Niigata is located on the Sea of Japan, on the north coast of Honshu, Japan’s main island.
From October 25, JAL is scheduling two round trip flights a day between Tokyo’s Haneda Airport and Niigata using 298-seat
A300 aircraft.
A special flight was operated on Sunday October 24, carrying relief supplies including blankets and food donated by JAL to the
Niigata Prefecture Emergency Headquarters.
The JAL Group normally operates four domestic routes out of Niigata, to Osaka, Sapporo, Fukuoka (via Nagoya) and West
Hiroshima.
JAL will operate the temporary twice-daily Tokyo-Niigata service until October 31 when the
airline will review the situation.
The main rail link between Niigata and the Tokyo region is the Joetsu Shinkansen. Sections of the tracks of this super express
line were damaged in the earthquake and the line will remain closed for some days while safety checks and repairs are carried
out.
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