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 – Finnair, British Airways, Lufthansa and LOT Polish Airlines – are “quietly quitting” Chinese destinations, according to aviation news site Skift. After Russia’s 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 t…
