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CX HK
So it looks like CX stopped flying over Russian airspace today, at least for their HKG-LHR flights; this adds a bit of time to the flight.
Yesterday's CX 251 banked left after entering Kazakhstan instead of continuing up towards Russia:
https://www.flightradar24.com/CPA251/2b22c488
Looks like they made that decision whilst in the air? Otherwise they would not have gone towards Lanzhou initially
Better link
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/a...-lxd/#2b22c488