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flatfour:
My wife was due to receive a number of books bought in Japan (so that they are in her own language) and posted by one of her school friends. Today her friend telephoned to say that the Postal Service in Japan have refused to accept them for dispatch.

It seems, after research, that due to the reduction in flights between Japan and Europe caused by their inability to transit Russian Airspace at present, postal services by air mail have been suspended to many countries around the world, including the U.K.

At present, there is no indication of when things might return to normal and parcels in transit are being returned to sender. Presumably, parts sourced from Japan will also be affected?

I do wonder whether this is also an effect of "ETOPS", the distance that twin - engine aircraft have historically been allowed to operate out of range of suitable emergency landing facilities?

Trigger:
I get weekly parts delivery from Japan by DHL and UPS with no problems  :o

SumpMagnet:
May well be down to the individual postal service / courier concerned.

Items sent by most international parcel carriers never go direct from A-B ... they go by various international hubs and concentration centres. Allows for more cost effective shipping, as you can cull off traffic for different regions. Various international agreements and corporate deals get invovled, and these often invovle national postal systems acting as agents at either end too.

So...really...you may well be able to get your books if you use another carrier, and the Japanese postal service just doesn;t have the flexibility in it's network partners to offer alternate routes when areas of airspace are closed down.

Trigger:
Just looked at the detailed tracking of the last two packages i had from Japan and non of them went any were near Russia.

UPS - Japan - Shenzhen - UAE - Frankfurt - UK
DHL - Japan - Cincinnati USA - New York- UK

royhall:

--- Quote from: Trigger on May 24, 2022, 07:20:44 AM ---Just looked at the detailed tracking of the last two packages i had from Japan and non of them went any were near Russia.

UPS - Japan - Shenzhen - UAE - Frankfurt - UK
DHL - Japan - Cincinnati USA - New York- UK

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Thats just over flying Russia Trig, not landing there.

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