Airport in disaster-hit region resumes all routes

SENDAI, Japan - Passengers from Changchun, China, are greeted upon arrival at Sendai Airport on the night of July 30, 2012, as the most used international gateway in northeastern Japan completed resumption of service to all destinations it was linked to prior to the catastrophic March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The last international route was reestablished with the evening arrival of a China Southern Airline flight from Changchun.

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