All Nippon Airways is to restore its London-Tokyo route to a daily service from 1 July as Japan relaxes its Covid-19 entry rules.
ANA, which restarted flights from London Heathrow and Haneda on 1 June, said the decision to increase capacity for July and August came as Japan introduced a new traffic light system for international visitors from 1 June.
This system categorises countries and regions into three groups: blue, yellow and red, depending on risk of Covid infection.
Visitors from the lowest-risk blue group, including the UK and Ireland, will be exempt from testing on arrival and will not have to self-quarantine even if they are unvaccinated. Japan will still require passengers to take a pre-departure PCR test.
ANA is operating eastbound London-Tokyo flights on the central Asian route, while westbound services are taking the northern polar route to avoid Russian airspace.
The airline will be using Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner and Boeing 777-300ER on the London-Tokyo route, with the latter aircraft featuring both The Suite first class cabin and The Room business class.