Route · LHR → NRT
Flights from London to Tokyo
London Heathrow to Tokyo Narita is one of the longest thin routes in the intercontinental network, covering roughly 9,591 km with a typical block time of around eleven and a half hours eastbound — expect closer to thirteen hours on the return leg against prevailing winds. All Nippon Airways operates the route and typically deploys wide-body equipment such as the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, offering a competitive business cabin popular with corporate travellers on both sides. A practical note worth flagging: Narita sits roughly 60 km from central Tokyo, and the Narita Express transfer to Shinjuku or Tokyo station takes around 55 to 80 minutes, so factor that into connection planning. On fares, the shoulder seasons of late January through February and October tend to offer the most competitive economy pricing, while ANA's business-class award availability is often strongest when booked several months in advance for travel midweek rather than Friday or Sunday departures.
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Cheapest dates to fly
Live prices · powered by AviasalesThe calendar below pulls live fares from our search partner for London (LHR) → Tokyo (NRT). Use the year view… to spot the cheapest week to fly, the day-of-week patterns most travellers miss, and any shoulder-season dips worth shifting your trip around. Prices refresh every few hours, so what you see is what your booking page should look like a moment later — click any date to jump straight to the fare on Aviasales.
Airlines on this route
1 carrierThe 1 carrier we currently track on the London–Tokyo route, from full-service flag carriers to low-cost competitors. Tap any airline for its full profile, baggage… rules, fleet context, and a live fare search pre-filtered to that carrier — useful if you're loyal to a frequent-flyer programme, want to compare onboard product on the same dates, or are weighing a cheaper one-stop against a pricier nonstop.
Flights from London to Tokyo
Live schedule · powered by AviasalesBelow is the published weekly schedule for nonstop and one-stop services from London to Tokyo — the actual flight numbers, departure and arrival times your… booking page will pull from. Use it to plan around departure preferences (early morning vs late evening), see which carriers fly on which weekdays, or pick a connection that lets you sleep in your own bed before a long-haul leg. Click any row to load it directly in the search.
Airport guides
Quick links into the airport profiles at both ends of the route. Each guide covers terminal layout, the airlines that base hubs at LHR and… NRT, the other routes those airports serve, and the ground-transit options most travellers wish they'd read about before landing — the practical context you only really need to know once you've booked, but want to skim before you do.