Finnair (AY, Helsinki Vantaa) has announced it will be scaling back its Russian operations with effect from September onwards. Citing low demand, the Finnish carrier said flights to Nizhny Novgorod Strigino would be suspended from September 1 onwards while seasonal demand would see flights to Samara Kurumoch and Kazan International suspended for the period January 31 to April 30, 2016.

Finnair's other Russian services - Ekaterinburg, Moscow Sheremetyevo, and St. Petersburg - have so far not been affected.

In June, Lufthansa (LH, Frankfurt International) announced it would suspend service to Moscow Vnukovo, Samara Kurumoch and Nizhniy Novgorod with effect from late August also citing a dearth of demand.