Published on : Tuesday, February 11, 2014
The severe snow storm that has hit the Japanese capital Tokyo has paralyzed life and thousands of passengers remain stranded in the airport waiting for some help to come soon.
The nation’s two largest airlines have started dispatching flights to bring back the Taiwanese tourists stuck in the airport.
This is the worst snow storm seen in the past two decades and has caused enough worry for the Japanese government. 11 were killed and thousands injured as the storm swept through Tokyo since the weekend.
People were forced to spend the night at the terminals of Tokyo’s Narita International Airport as the severe storms disrupted the capital’s transport system.
China Airlines said that it had dispatched an additional flight to Narita airport yesterday afternoon to bring home passengers on the waiting list, as well as transferring others to TransAsia Airways and Delta Airlines flights.
The aircraft was an Airbus 340 model that can accommodate 276 passengers. The airline said that the flight was scheduled to take off from Tokyo at 8:30pm yesterday and arrive at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport at 11:30pm.
EVA Airways said it had dispatched an Airbus 330-200 to bring home 252 stranded passengers from Tokyo. The flight was scheduled to take off from Tokyo at 8pm on February 10 and arrive in Taiwan at 11:05pm.
EVA also plans to replace the aircraft in one of its scheduled flights to Tokyo with a bigger model to bring back more passengers.
10 flights were affected by the severe snow storm in Tokyo said the Taoyuan International Airport Corp; they were six flights arriving from Tokyo and four others going there. In all 12 flights coming and going to Tokyo were affected at the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport since February 9.
Tags: china airlines, eva airways, narita international airport, Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, Taiwanese tourists, Tokyo snow storm
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