Garuda to cut Japan flights on low demand

Garuda Indonesia , the country's flag carrier, said on Friday it will reduce its flights from Bali to Japan from April because of lower demand, as radiation leaks from a nuclear plant crippled by a tsunami this month.

"We see a trend of slowing demand of flights serving Japan routes so we will reduce flights from Tokyo to Denpasar," said spokesman Pujobroto, adding seven flights would be cut from its total of 24 a month to Japan.

Japan said on Friday workers who suffered burns while trying to cool a crippled reactor were exposed to radiation levels 10,000 times higher than expected, which could mean a serious reversal after days of apparently steady progress in containing radiation leaks. Source: Reuters