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2-hour Japan Airlines flight turns into 16-hour journey after missing landing time by 10 minutes
It was meant to be a two-hour domestic flight for 335 passengers on a Japan Airlines (JAL) plane. But their journey from Tokyo’s Haneda International Airport became a 16-hour ordeal after the plane was turned away by Fukuoka International Airport for missing its landing time by 10 minutes. (www.straitstimes.com) More...
RIP JAL and other Japanese domestic airlines...
With competition from Shinkansen, this sort of thing really not helping the domestic routes within Japan, where service from Shinkansen are available...
With competition from Shinkansen, this sort of thing really not helping the domestic routes within Japan, where service from Shinkansen are available...
... Planes are prohibited from landing after 10pm due to noise concerns for residents living in the area, <according to> Fukuoka airport officials.