If you are planning a trip and you’d like to fly with Japan Airlines (JAL), you’ll be able to book your trip up to a year ahead of your preferred departure date.

The Tokyo-based airline is making a change to when reservations for its international flights could be made, effective April 1 at 1000H Tokyo time (~0100H GMT). In a statement on the airline’s website, travelers will be able to book JAL flights up to 360 days (1 year) from a preferred departure date. This will be 30 days more than the aviation industry standard of 330 days prior to departure.

The new change in the advance booking time follow’s the airline’s upgrade of its reservations system in 2017. Currently available for international flights, JAL will eventually extend it for domestic flights.

For travelers looking to head to Japan, the airline further stated it was to allow for earlier bookings of tours and hotel rooms. With Japan Airlines being the official airline partner of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympic Games, bookings for those trips could start in late July/early August – one year ahead of the scheduled July 24 opening.

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