{"id":134952,"date":"2024-10-29T07:40:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T05:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/finnair-ba-lot-european-airlines-are-pulling-out-of-china-is-russias-airspace-closure-to-blame\/"},"modified":"2024-10-29T07:40:02","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T05:40:02","slug":"finnair-ba-lot-european-airlines-are-pulling-out-of-china-is-russias-airspace-closure-to-blame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/news\/finnair-ba-lot-european-airlines-are-pulling-out-of-china-is-russias-airspace-closure-to-blame\/","title":{"rendered":"Finnair, BA, LOT: European airlines are pulling out of China. Is Russia\u2019s airspace closure to blame?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\" data-trp-original-action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button\" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134952\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"trp-form-language\" value=\"en\"\/><\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p>Finnair has dropped from 42 to three direct flights from Helsinki to China in the last few years. European airlines have been cutting flights to China following the closure of Russian airspace. Virgin Atlantic and SAS Scandinavian Airlines have pulled out of the country altogether this year. While a number of other companies &#8211; Finnair, British Airways, Lufthansa and LOT Polish Airlines &#8211; are \u201cquietly quitting\u201d Chinese destinations, according to aviation news site Skift.<\/p>\n<p>After Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the EU and UK swiftly imposed a blanket flight ban on Russian aircraft over their skies. Russia retaliated by closing its airspace, forcing European carriers to take longer routes to Asia. Since fuel accounts for around 25 per cent of an airline\u2019s operating costs, journeys to China have become significantly more costly as a result, making European companies review their numbers. Longer flights can also require more crew &#8211; further bumping up costs. It\u2019s not good news for Europeans as passport holders of 18 countries can now visit China visa-free.<\/p>\n<p>In contrast to the fanfare that accompanies a new route opening, airlines have been keeping quiet about the significant drop in flights to China, Skift says. Its analysis of Cirium Diio data reveals that Finnair has gone from operating 42 nonstop flights a week from Helskini to China in August 2019, to just three by August 2024 &#8211; as well as a daily service to Hong Kong. Helsinki to Shanghai is now the only mainland route on offer from Finnair. The jump in flight times is a major reason why: rising from around 8 hours 30 minutes pre-war to 11 hours and 24 minutes now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDue to the closure of Russian airspace, flight times to our Asian destinations have increased by between 10 and 40 per cent, depending on the destination,\u201d Christine Rovelli, Finnair\u2019s Chief Revenue Officer, told Skift. \u201cWe have successfully adapted to this situation and refocused our network, with more emphasis on westbound flying while maintaining a strong presence in our key Asian markets.\u201d Despite its particular proximity to Russia, the Finnish flag carrier is far from alone.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/travel\/2024\/10\/28\/finnair-ba-lot-european-airlines-are-pulling-out-of-china-is-russias-airspace-closure-to-b\">Read more&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/travel\/2024\/10\/28\/finnair-ba-lot-european-airlines-are-pulling-out-of-china-is-russias-airspace-closure-to-b\">Euronews<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/csr-news-en\/finnair-ba-lot-european-airlines-are-pulling-out-of-china-is-russias-airspace-closure-to-blame\/\">Finnair, BA, LOT: European airlines are pulling out of China. Is Russia\u2019s airspace closure to blame?<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[16692,555,8182,16693,16694],"class_list":["post-134952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-ba","tag-csr-news-en","tag-finnair","tag-lot-european-airlines","tag-out-of-china"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134952\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}