Belavia extends suspension of flights to 28 cities until 14 December
<p> MINSK, Oct 8 - PrimePress. Belavia Airlines extends the suspension of flights to 28 cities until 14 December 2021, the airline’s press service said. </p> <p> </p> <p> “Due to the prolongation of airspace use bans and the inability to perform flights, the airline is forced to suspend flights to the following cities: Vienna, Brussels, London, Budapest, Berlin, Frankfurt, Hanover, Munich, Barcelona, Rome, Milan, Larnaca, Riga, Vilnius, Kishinev, Amsterdam, Warsaw, Belgrade, Kiev, Odessa, Lviv, Kharkiv, Helsinki, Paris, Prague, Stockholm, Tallinn and Kaliningrad,” the statement said. </p> <p> </p> <p> According to the airline, Belavia operates flights to Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russia (except for Kaliningrad region), Israel, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Uzbekistan, UAE, charter flights to Turkey, Egypt and Jordan. </p> <p> </p> <p> On May 23, a Vilnius-bound Ryanair flight that took off from Athens was forced to make an emergency landing in the Belarusian capital of Minsk after a reported bomb threat. A Mikoyan MiG-29 jet was scrambled to escort the plane into Minsk. The bomb threat came up empty after the aircraft had landed. The Belarusian authorities specified later that Roman Protasevich, wanted in Belarus as a co-founder of the Nexta Telegram channel, which the Belarusian authorities recognized as extremist, had been among the flight’s passengers. He was detained by Belarusian law enforcement agents. Following the incident, the European Union barred Belarusian air companies from operating flights to EU airports and using the European Union’s airspace, and recommended that European air carriers should avoid Belarusian airspace. In May, Ukraine also suspended air links with Belarus and closed the airspace to Belarusian aircraft. The ICAO launched an investigation into the incident. End </p> <p> </p>
2021-10-09
Primepress
Belavia extends suspension of flights to 28 cities until 14 December
MINSK, Oct 8 - PrimePress. Belavia Airlines extends the suspension of flights to 28 cities until 14 December 2021, the airline’s press service said.
“Due to the prolongation of airspace use bans and the inability to perform flights, the airline is forced to suspend flights to the following cities: Vienna, Brussels, London, Budapest, Berlin, Frankfurt, Hanover, Munich, Barcelona, Rome, Milan, Larnaca, Riga, Vilnius, Kishinev, Amsterdam, Warsaw, Belgrade, Kiev, Odessa, Lviv, Kharkiv, Helsinki, Paris, Prague, Stockholm, Tallinn and Kaliningrad,” the statement said.
According to the airline, Belavia operates flights to Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russia (except for Kaliningrad region), Israel, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Uzbekistan, UAE, charter flights to Turkey, Egypt and Jordan.
On May 23, a Vilnius-bound Ryanair flight that took off from Athens was forced to make an emergency landing in the Belarusian capital of Minsk after a reported bomb threat. A Mikoyan MiG-29 jet was scrambled to escort the plane into Minsk. The bomb threat came up empty after the aircraft had landed. The Belarusian authorities specified later that Roman Protasevich, wanted in Belarus as a co-founder of the Nexta Telegram channel, which the Belarusian authorities recognized as extremist, had been among the flight’s passengers. He was detained by Belarusian law enforcement agents. Following the incident, the European Union barred Belarusian air companies from operating flights to EU airports and using the European Union’s airspace, and recommended that European air carriers should avoid Belarusian airspace. In May, Ukraine also suspended air links with Belarus and closed the airspace to Belarusian aircraft. The ICAO launched an investigation into the incident. End