TOKYO: Japan’s two biggest airlines on Friday said they are changing routes for some flights as North Korea plans to launch what it says will be a satellite-bearing rocket later this month.

All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines said that between February 8 and 25— the launch window announced by Pyongyang —they will divert planes that fly over waters off the Philippines where missile parts and debris are expected to fall after the launch.

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