Originally Posted by
kevincrumbs
That being said, scouring the excellent
AeroRoutes shows that a decent amount of airlines are restarting routes to Japan in the fall/winter. I'm just wondering who exactly is going to be flying on these flights as my personal feeling is that the country will not truly reopen until 2024. I mean, Taipei to Hakodate five times a week while the borders are for all intents and purposes closed?
Japan is a hub for flights between N.America and Asia. Even now planes are getting full, but most people flying into and out of Japan are in transit and never enter the country.