Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd will resume using Russian airspace on some flights, the Hong Kong-based airline said on Sunday, according to news reports.
According to the news agency Reuters reports, Cathay Pacific will begin flying from New York to Hong Kong using the popular “Polar route” from Tuesday.
Citing strong headwinds and payload issues affecting its flights from the East Coast of North America to Hong Kong, Cathay Pacific said it will overfly the far eastern part of Russia.
The Airline said in March 2022 that it was not routing flights through Russia’s airspace, avoiding the area after the invasion of Ukraine despite longer flight times.
Russia this year closed its airspace to European and U.S. airlines, forcing some long-haul flights to Asia to take longer routes.
