A Continental 737-800 taxies at Tokyo-Narita back in September 2009. Photo: Brad Mixner - OPShots.net
Delta Air Lines Inc. and AMR Corp.’s American Airlines said Sunday they have resumed their normal flight schedules in Japan after Friday’s earthquake, while United Continental Holdings Inc. said it was operating its full schedule to Tokyo’s Narita International Airport.
Delta and American added that they have no plans to evacuate locally based employees.
Chicago-based United, the result of the October merger of United Airlines and Continental Airlines, said Continental’s daily flight from Guam to Sendai, Japan, was canceled indefinitely because the Sendai airport is closed. Sendai is located near the epicenter of the magnitude 8.9 earthquake and was inundated by a tsunami.
Continental operates a small hub in Guam. The airline is trying to send Guam-Sendai passengers to other airports in Japan.
