Finnair Resumes Incheon-Helsinki Route Operations Avoiding Russian Airspace

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[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunwoo Lee] Finnish airline Finnair announced that it will resume flights on the Incheon to Helsinki route, which had been temporarily suspended due to the closure of Russian airspace. The airline plans to resume routes not only with Korea but also with various Asian countries by using detours that avoid Russian airspace.

According to Bloomberg on the 8th (local time), Finnair stated that starting from the 10th of this month, it will resume the Incheon-Helsinki route three times a week using a detour route that avoids Russian airspace. Previously, Finnair had suspended the Incheon-Helsinki route from the 27th of last month to the 6th of this month after the Russian government banned flights over its airspace for airlines from European Union (EU) member countries.

Finnair plans to operate the Incheon route via northern or southern routes depending on weather and other conditions. Flight times are expected to increase from the usual 9 to 10 hours to 12 to 14 hours when using the detour route.

Finnair is also known to plan to operate routes to various Asian countries by bypassing Russian airspace. The Helsinki-Japan Tokyo and Helsinki-China Shanghai routes will operate four times a week and once a week respectively using detour routes. Routes to Bangkok and Phuket in Thailand, Delhi in India, and Singapore will operate as usual.

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