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May 11, 2022 (newstodate): Preparing for a prolonged Russian airspace closure, Finnair is seeking ways to compensate for the loss of its crucial Asian traffic.
   Besides adjusting the focus of the route network from North Asia to Southwest Asia and the North Atlantic, cost-cutting and downsizing, one option for revenue is leasing out excess aircraft capacity to other airlines, and Finnair has actively engaged in this trade.
   Initially, four Airbus A321 have been wet-leased to British Airways for a 4-months period; two aircraft were delivered on May 3, and the remaining two will join by June 2022.
   But it now emerges that British Airways is to take another four Airbus A321 aircraft on similar wet-lease conditions from Finnair, bringing the total to eight aircraft - so far - for operations on 24 routes out of London Heathrow Airport in summer 2022.
   The  Lufthansa Group subsidiary Eurowings will also be flying with leased aircraft from Finnair that will take two Airbus A350 in May and one more in June 2022, to be operated till the end of the summer season.
   Also, Finnair's subsidiary Norra will be placing two ATR 72-500 aircraft on a wet-lease contract with Wideroe during the summer season.