Some flights to Japan resumed

Some flights to Japan resumed

Some flights to Japan's Narita Airport have resumed from Changi Airport.

The wait has ended for some travellers at Changi Airport whose flights had been disrupted by a powerful 8.9-magnitude earthquake which Japan on Friday.

ANA NH 6252 left for Narita, while SQ 12 departed for Los Angeles via Tokyo Narita.

However, some travellers had been scheduled to fly to Tokyo on ANA at 8.30am but found out that their flight had been cancelled.

According to an ANA service staff, NH 902 and NH 151 were cancelled on Saturday morning as the planes did not arrive from Narita Airport the day before.

He added most of the affected passengers have been put on flights with other airlines.

They include passengers on transit, as well as Japanese who are anxious to get home to their families and homes.

"My house is damaged by the earthquake. So it is worrying. I have made a telephone call to my son. My son has been now staying in school since last night," said Dr Nobutaka Hanagata, a Japanese who is in Singapore on a business trip.

Passenger Jennifer Chia, who is planning to travel to Los Angeles via Narita Airport, said she is at a loss of what to do, following her cancelled flight.

"Now we are stuck here, at a loss and not knowing what to do," she said.

"We are going to Los Angeles and now they are telling us the flight is cancelled.

"They just asked us to wait because they want to see if the airlines can [fly] us there".

A number of tour groups bound for Japan this weekend also dropped their travel plans. This is because mostly due to flight cancellations. Tour operators Channel NewsAsia spoke to said refunds are pending negotiations with airline, tour and hotel operators.

-News courtesy of Channel Newsasia-