Airbus A350 could reach Asia by skirting Russia, says Finnair

[HELSINKI] Finnish airline Finnair said yesterday that the Airbus A350 could skirt Russia on its Europe-Asia routes if Moscow carries out a threat to close its airspace to European flights.

"The additional freight capacity of this airplane makes me think that it has the reach, that it's technically possible," Finnair chief executive Pekka Vauramo said at a press conference in Helsinki.

Finnair presented the A350 XWB after one of the new European aircraft landed in Helsinki on Tuesday evening.