newstodate.aero

Jun 01, 2022 (newstodate): Situated close to Russia and severely hit by the closure of the Russian airspace, Finnair strives to keep at least some Asian routes in the air.
   Most Finnair routes to Asia used Russian overflights, benefiting from is geographical positing and good neighborly relations with Russia, offering shorter flying times compared to competitors in the air between Europe and Asia.
   However, rerouting flights to avoid Russian airspace generates longer flying hours, with up to 40 percent more time spent in the air on routes to Japan and South Korea.
   Finnair has thus been forced to suspend services to Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Sapporo and Fukuoka in Japan, originally planned for altogether 40 weekly flights.  
   Also, the planned opening of the new route to Busan in South Korea, earlier slated for launch from March 30, 2020, with three weekly rotations, remains postponed.
   On the schedule are now only four weekly rotations on the route to Tokyo Narita Airport, one weekly rotation on the route to Shanghai, and three weekly rotations on the route to Seoul, South Korea.  
    In summer 2019, Finnair was operating 38 weekly flights from Helsinki to six destinations in China - Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, Xian, Nanjing, Guangzhou, and to Hong Kong.