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Two Japanese airlines to disregard China air zone rules

 

Both All Nippon Airlines (ANA) and Japan Airlines have been informing China's aviation authorities since the weekend of flights through the zone

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Two of Japan's biggest airlines have agreed to abide by a government request not to implement China's new air defence zone rules, officials say.

All Nippon Airlines and Japan Airlines say that they will stop filing flight plans demanded by China on routes through the zone, set up on Saturday.

Japan says that China's new air defence identification zone are "not valid at all" and should be disregarded.

Singapore Airlines and Qantas have said that they will abide by the new rules.
Disputed islands
The new zone created by China covers disputed East China Sea waters.

Both All Nippon Airlines (ANA) and Japan Airlines have been informing China's aviation authorities of flights through it since the weekend.

But the two airlines now say that they will stop doing so from Wednesday.

The zone includes disputed islands known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China. Taiwan also claims the islands, which are controlled by Japan.

Part of the zone also overlaps with a submerged rock claimed by South Korea.

China says aircraft entering the zone must obey its rules, which include providing a flight plan, maintaining two-way radio communications and clearly identifying their nationality.

Aircraft who ignore the rules would be subject to "defensive emergency measures", China's Defence Ministry had said