A gaggle of airways in Japan, together with Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways, plans to make passenger mask-wearing a “personal choice” in May according to the federal government’s deliberate downgrading of COVID-19, which includes a revision of masks pointers.
The transfer comes with many airline operators in Western nations having already lifted their mask-requirements final yr, making them non-obligatory.
Under the current pointers of the Scheduled Airlines Association of Japan, which brings collectively 19 airways, passengers aside from infants are requested to put on masks and chorus from speaking to one another as a lot as potential whereas on the aircraft.
If passengers have diseases or disabilities that forestall them from sporting masks, they’re requested to seek the advice of with airways beforehand. If a passenger refuses to put on a masks with no justifiable cause, airways can deny boarding.
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Japanese airline affiliation to make onboard mask-wearing non-obligatory
Japan Times – Feb 07
A gaggle of airways in Japan, together with Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways, plans to make passenger mask-wearing a “personal choice” in May according to the federal government’s deliberate downgrading of COVID-19, which includes a revision of masks pointers.

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NHK – Feb 03
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