(Yicai Global) July 21 -- Finland’s flag carrier Finnair will reopen its Helsinki to Shanghai route on July 23, the China News Service reported today.

There will be one flight a week, departing Helsinki Airport on Thursdays and returning from Shanghai Pudong International Airport on Saturdays.

Work-related and essential travel between Finland and China is now permitted, but travel restrictions remain in place for ordinary Chinese citizens wishing to enter the Nordic country.

Editor: Kim Taylor