SIA flights between Singapore and Osaka cancelled as Typhoon Shanshan approaches Japan
SINGAPORE: Several , Singapore Airlines ( SIA ) flights between Osaka and Singapore on Wednesday ( Aug 28 ) have been cancelled as a strong typhoon sweeps towards Japan.
Four planes departing from and to Kansai International Airport in Osaka were cancelled, according to a notice posted on SIA’s site.
The airlines are:
- SQ620 from Singapore to Osaka at 8.30am
- SQ621 from Osaka to Singapore at 5.25pm
- SQ622 from Singapore to Osaka at 1.55pm
- SQ623 from Osaka to Singapore at 11.25pm
“SIA will be contacting all impacted customers to tell them of the journey cancellation”, said the airport.  ,
” Customers may ask to be re-accommodated on alternative flights, subject to couch presence, or get a full payment for the unused part of their solution”.
As it made its way northward in the southern Amami peninsula on Tuesday, Typhoon Shanshan poured heavy rains into Japan.  ,
The Japan Meteorological Agency, or IM, issued a warning to residents of harmful locations, including the northern Shizuoka area, where it could experience heavy rain and possible landslides, as well as high waves that might strike the Amami region.
The storms, which racked up off 216kmh on Tuesday, is expected to wander towards the principal southern island of Kyushu after this year.
Japan Airlines cancelled 116 home flights on Tuesday and Wednesday, as well as six intercontinental flights.
Due to the storms, All Nippon Airways canceled 68 domestic airlines from Wednesday through Friday.
SIA planes to Tokyo were canceled earlier this month as a result of Typhoon Ampil.  ,