A Boeing Co. 777 passenger jet, operated by Deutsche Lufthansa AG, at Frankfurt Airport in Frankfurt, Germany, on Monday, Feb. 28, 2022. Lufthansa, which has earnings scheduled on March 3, says it doesn't expect any impact from Russia's flight ban and plans to continue flying south of Russian airspace to Asia.
(Bloomberg Businessweek) -- For almost three long years, most global airlines were forced to strike large parts of Asia off their route maps because Covid-19 restrictions kept such markets as Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong virtually closed to tourists and business travel.