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2020-05-01

Peach Aviation rescinding plans to restart flights to vulnerable islands.

In anticipation of Golden Week - a roughly one-week-long holiday which typically sees a lot of Japanese domestic vacation travel - low-cost-carrier Peach Aviation made plans to restart flights to Amami and Ishigaki Islands. Fearing the spread of the virus to these vulnerable island communities, many petitioned for the flights to be canceled, and not restarted. After some considerable efforts, the airline finally decided to cancel their reopening plans.