Since September 3, Beijing declared to gradually allow international flights to land and take off from Beijing after several-month restrictions due to COVID-19. So far, 9 international flights from 8 countries which have less confirmed cases have resumed, respectively Thailand, Cambodia, Pakistan, Greece, Denmark, Austria, Sweden, and Canada. As the first international flight operated by Air China from Phnom Penh landed in Beijing on September 3, people believed more international flights would resume soon.

On September 19, Beijing announced that more strict prevention and control measures would be taken and the nucleic acid testing is the must premise to resume direct international flights. Gradually, it will restore to no more than 4 to 5 flights per day depending on the situation. What's more, only the flights which were once direct to Beijing will resume but no more new flights will join the resumption.

On September 12, the flight AY105 departed from Helsinki successfully landed in Nanjing Lukou Airport. It was the first flight by Finnair resumed between Helsinki and Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province since the outbreak of Covid-19, and Nanjing is also the second domestic destination of Finnair reopened after Shanghai.

The flights AY105/106 are operated once a week initially since September 12. The carrier departs from Helsinki at 6:55 PM local time every Friday and arrives in Nanjing at 8:55 AM local time every Saturday. The return flights are operated at 9:35 AM every Sunday from Nanjing. Until now, Nanjing has resumed 3 direct flights to Europe, namely to Milan, Frankfurt and Helsinki.