Hong Kong airline to resume flights in Russian airspace

Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways will resume using Russian airspace on some flights, the Hong Kong-based airline said on Sunday, restarting flights it had stopped after the outbreak of military actions in Ukraine in February.

Cathay Pacific will begin flying from New York to Hong Kong using the popular "Polar route" from November 1 overflying the far eastern part of Russia, the company told Reuters.

"The Polar Route provides a safe, direct, and the fastest flight experience to our customers traveling from the East Coast of North America to Hong Kong", the airline said, clarifying that they were not breaching any sanctions by doing so.