Flights between China and Japan are also being affected as a result of Japan’s illegal purchase of the Diaoyu Islands. China Southern Airlines, has reduced the number of flights between Guangzhou to Osaka and Fukuoka, Dalian to Saooiro, and Shenyang to Fukuoka due to the cancellation of trips by Chinese holidaymakers. Spring Airlines, a Shanghai-based private airline, has decided to cancel its 10 charter flights between Shanghai and Tottori prefecture in western Japan, which were scheduled to begin this weekend, again due to the cancellation of trips by tourists. Meanwhile, Juneyao Airlines, another Shanghai-based private-run airline, has also announced it postpones Thursday’s planned launch of a new route between Shanghai and Okinawa, until November.