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The Japan News/Yomiuri
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The Yomiuri Shimbun

Airline reservations surge for Golden Week

Covid-19 Disease infectious disease

Airlines announced Friday current booking results for the upcoming Golden Week holiday season, which will run April 29 to May 7. With COVID-19 set to be downgraded to a Category V infectious disease on May 8, international flights are seeing more than double the number of bookings compared to last year.

International flight reservations for All Nippon Airways Co. rose 170%, reaching 152,309 passengers, while the JAL Group reported a 140% increase in bookings, totaling 146,380 passengers. Bookings for both airlines have recovered to about 60% of their pre-pandemic levels.

As for domestic flights, ANA's bookings are up 30% from last year, at 932,696 passengers, while bookings for the JAL Group are up 10%, at 827,152 passengers.

Read more from The Japan News at https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/

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