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Finland’s once-brisk China ties rattled as Russia sanctions fracture travel, trade links
“It’s clear that closing Russian airspace has been a big change for Finnair, and the airline has had to adapt,” he said. The central Chinese city of Zhengzhou and Helsinki established four weekly direct flights in 2020, but an older Helsinki-Shanghai route …