Aeroflot plans to change its Tokyo airport next year. Starting March 29, it will replace its current Narita airport with Haneda Airport. Aeroflot's new partner on this route, JAL, will make a similar change on the same date, according to its own report.Corr. Travel.ru.
Aeroflot's final flight from Moscow to Narita will take place on March 27. The flight departing Moscow on March 28 will arrive at Haneda. The schedule remains largely unchanged: departure from Sheremetyevo at 7:15 PM, arriving in Tokyo at 10:30 AM. The return flight departs at 12:15 PM, arriving in Moscow at 4:05 PM. A Boeing 777 aircraft will be used on this route. Flights from Vladivostok operated by subsidiary carrier Aurora will continue to be listed as Narita flights.
On March 29, JAL will make a double change on its Tokyo-Moscow route. In the Japanese capital, it will switch from Narita to Haneda, and in Russia, from Domodedovo to Sheremetyevo. Departure from Haneda is at 10:45, arriving at Sheremetyevo at 14:55. The return flight departs at 16:35, arriving at Haneda at 7:55. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner will be used on this route.
Aeroflot will use Terminal 1 at Haneda, which is JAL's base. Both companies will obviously codeshare, selling both flights between Sheremetyevo and Haneda.
Additionally, starting March 29, Japan's second-largest carrier, ANA, which has not previously flown to Russia, will begin operating this route. It will also fly from Haneda, but in Moscow, its flight will arrive at Domodedovo, which will thus retain its Tokyo route.
As a result, three daily flights will be launched from Moscow to Haneda starting March 29. Flights from Moscow to Haneda previously operated until 1978, when all international flights were transferred to the newly built Narita Airport. Flights from Moscow to Narita will no longer operate starting March 29 (however, they will remain from the Russian Far East).
Flights to Haneda will allow passengers from Moscow to fly much closer to central Tokyo, which is just over 10 kilometers from the airport. Furthermore, Haneda offers a significantly better choice of connecting flights within Japan.
The return of international flights to Haneda, which served only domestic routes for three decades since 1978, has been a goal of many airlines for many years. Starting March 29, this goal will be achieved not only by Aeroflot and ANA and JAL on certain routes, but also by Finnair, Turkish Airlines, Alitalia, and Virgin Australia. At the same time, US carriers Delta, United Airlines, and American Airlines will add new routes from Haneda. Over the past decade, several dozen more foreign carriers have been able to reopen flights to Haneda, albeit with restrictions.
Source: travel.ru