SIA’s Singapore-Japan flights rescheduled as Storm Jangmi approaches
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A flight departures board at Haneda Airport on June 1 showing a cancelled flight to Okinawa. More than 320 flights have been cancelled because of Typhoon Jangmi.
PHOTO: AFP
SINGAPORE – At least 14 Singapore Airlines (SIA) flights on June 2 and 3 will be rescheduled as Storm Jangmi approached Japan, affecting flights to and from certain parts of the country.
Jangmi, which is Korean for “rose”, was downgraded from a typhoon to a storm by weather officials.
Flights leaving Singapore for Osaka, Nagoya, and Haneda and Narita airports serving capital Tokyo, will be retimed, according to an SIA advisory on June 2.
The affected flights include:
SQ636, SQ631, SQ632 and SQ633 between Singapore and Tokyo (Haneda);
SQ638 and SQ637 between Singapore and Tokyo (Narita);
SQ622, SQ623 and SG618 between Singapore and Osaka;
and SQ672 and SQ671 between Singapore and Nagoya.
Three SIA flights connecting Narita airport and the US city of Los Angeles in California will also be affected by the retiming.
SIA will contact all affected customers to inform them about the changes. “As the situation remains fluid, other SIA flights may be affected,” it added.
At least 15 people in Japan were injured, after torrential rain and winds hit Japan’s Kyushu and Amami regions, national broadcaster NHK reported on June 2.
The storm is expected to reach Tokyo and the Kanto region on June 3, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. It had earlier led to damaged homes, flooded roads and fallen trees in Okinawa.
Around 600 flights by Japanese carriers Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways scheduled for June 1 to 3 have been cancelled because of the storm.
The schedules of Japan’s Shinkansen bullet trains are also set to be disrupted as the storm worsens, said Japan Railway.
