Aeroflot, Russia’s major aircraft carrier, will make an additional flight from Moscow to Tokyo and back to Moscow on Thursday. The Boeing-767 will evacuate Russian nationals from Japan, which continues to be hit by powerful earthquakes and nuclear power plant accidents, a company source told Itar-Tass.

The Boeing-767 has 30 seats in business class and 184 in the economy class. Only business class tickets will be available in free sale. Tickets to the economy class will be sold at a special tariff to the family members of employees of Russian organizations operating in Japan.

“In view of the situation unfolding in Japan, it was decided that the families of employees of Russian institutions operating in Japan, including the embassy in Tokyo, general consulates and a trade mission, should temporarily leave Japan presumably on March 18,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

The staff of Russian diplomatic missions and other Russian state organizations will stay in Japan.