Originally Posted by
mkgrip
AY has no other option but to cut the flights unless they want to fly heck-of-a-detour to avoid Russian airspace. And AY is still operating a record number of Asian flight over the summer, so it's not that they would be pulling out from the market.
HKG isn't SO much of a detour. Taking a very rough estimate, using HEL-TZX-HKG route on Great Circle map gives 9495 km, HEL-HKG 7821. But as said this is a very rough estimate, just finding a random route that doesn't even touch RU airspace. Also, if I am not totally wrong the overflights concerned are mainly Siberia, HEL-HKG doesn't overfly Siberia.
ICN yes a big detour - couldn't work out how much on cross-polar routing. (AY used to fly HEL-NRT cross-polar)