ANA, JAL stop flight bookings to Japan amid Omicron variant fears

All Nippon Airways Co. and Japan Airlines Co. said Wednesday they have stopped accepting reservations for inbound international flights to Japan in line with a government request to stem the spread of the Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus.The transport ministry said it had asked airlines to stop accepting reservations for such flights until the end of December, while Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said Japan will deny entry to all foreigners from 10 African countries feared to have outbreaks of the variant.The move comes as Japan confirmed its second case of the potentially…READ FULL ARTICLE