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Sep 27, 2022 (newstodate): Finnair may be relieved by news of Japan's gradual lifting of daily travel restrictions and the return of visa-free travel.
Today, Japan has limited the traffic at Tokyo's airports to 50,000 passengers per day, but restrictions will be lifted with effect from October 11, 2022.
Finnair, however, remains limited by the closure of Russian airspace, extending the flying hours on the route connecting Helsinki and Tokyo to 13.5 hours.
In the coming winter 2022/3 program, Finnair is also leaving Tokyo Narita Airport altogether, operating instead daily flights to Tokyo Haneda Airport which will enhance connections to its partner Japan Airlines' onward flights.
Adding to the Finland-Japan connection is Japan Airlines that will be increasing its frequency of flights from Tokyo Haneda Airport from today's four to five weekly rotations using Boeing 787-9 aircraft in October 2022.