Bilateral tensions lead to more China-Japan flights cancellations

Continuing bilateral tensions have led to more cancellations of flights between China and Japan, according to TravelSky, a Chinese company specialized in providing information service for air travel and tourism industry.

Date collected on Monday show the cancellations of scheduled flights between China and Japan for the coming week increased by 56 percent from the same period of last month.

Ticket bookings for Japan-bound flights started to show a declining trend after China's major airlines announced on November 15 special refund and rebooking arrangements for passengers following a security alert from China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Chinese embassies in Japan.

As of Monday, bookings for flights from China to Japan for the next 60 days have decreased by approximately 29 percent compared with the bookings recorded on November 15 for the same period.

Bilateral tensions lead to more China-Japan flights cancellations

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced Wednesday it had launched the 89th wave of Operation True Promise 4, carrying out strikes against U.S. and Israeli targets in the region.

The IRGC said in a statement that Iran and various resistance fronts, through coordinated operations, used heavy missiles, attack drones, and rockets to strike U.S. military bases and Israeli targets.

The statement said the operation targeted Israeli military facilities and assembly points in Eilat, Tel Aviv, Bnei Brak, and other locations, and claimed that, according to local sources, it had caused significant Israeli casualties.

The IRGC also stated that it had hit a location in Bahrain housing 80 U.S. troops, and Iranian ballistic missiles struck a U.S. helicopter formation at a base in Kuwait, destroying one helicopter and damaging others.

Iran launches new round of attacks on US, Israeli targets