Finnair re -routed its flights due to the conflict of India and Pakistan
Air service|Finnair avoids Pakistani airspace, which in particular affects flights to Delhi in India. So far, no flights to Asia have been canceled.
Carrier Finnair is partly routing its Asia flights to Asia due to the escalating conflict in India and Pakistan.
India struck Finnish time late Tuesday evening in Pakistan. Pakistan has said that he is responding to the attacks.
Finnair’s Communications Manager Suvi Aaltonen According to the re -routes, the flights to Delhi in India are particularly affected.
So far, Finnair has had to re -routed two flights.
At the start of the attacks, Helsinki-Vantaa had already left Finnair’s flight to Delhi, which was due to pass through Pakistani airspace. The flight made a stopover in Azerbaijan in Baku, where it stopped to refuel and then continued its journey to the destination along the detour.
Also in the evening, who left Singapore to Finland was re -routed. According to Flightradar, the flight made a stopover in Qatar Doha.
« Reducing will significantly affect the length of the Delhi route.
Finnair The next flight to Delhi would depart from Helsinki-Vantaa on Wednesday evening at 6:30 pm.
« It is still for the issue to be wondering how the situation affects the departure time and the route, » Aaltonen says.
Otherwise, Finnair’s Asia -oriented flights typically run from the north of Pakistan, and there is no need to make changes to their routing, Aaltonen says.
According to Aaltonen, flights have not been canceled so far.
Large Airlines, such as Air France and Lufthansa, said on Tuesday afternoon that they were avoiding flying in Pakistani airspace due to a conflict, says Reuters.
“Probably we made the decision in the evening because our Delhin flight was already on its way,” says Aaltonen.
Aaltonen says that Finnair’s following authorities and other airlines, and will make a continuous assessment of what is the safest route for Finnair’s customers and staff.
« At this stage, it is impossible to evaluate how long the situation will continue. »
According to Reuters, several Asian airlines have also announced that they will re -route or cancel their flights to Europe and leave Europe due to a conflict.
