Seven countries join EU restrictions on use of airspace and airports by Belarusian air carriers
<p> MINSK, Jun 21 - PrimePress. The European Union (EU) candidate countries North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Albania, as well as European Free Trade Association partners Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway have joined the EU restrictions on the use of airspace and airports by air carriers of Belarus that were imposed after the Ryanair plane incident. </p> <p> </p> <p> A message to this effect was posted on the web site of the EU Council on June 21. </p> <p> </p> <p> On May 23, a Vilnius-bound Ryanair plane that took off from Athens made an emergency landing at Minsk International Airport after a reported bomb threat. A MiG-29 fighter jet alert crew was scrambled to escort the plane. After the landing, the plane was inspected and no bomb was found on board. Among the passengers on that flight was Roman Protasevich, one of the co-founders of the Nexta Telegram channel recognized as extremist in Belarus. He was arrested and faces charges under three articles of the Criminal Code of Belarus. On June 4, the European Union (EU) officially banned all Belarusian air carriers to use its airspace and airports. The ban does not apply to humanitarian flights, as well as emergency landings and emergency overflights. End </p> <p> </p>
2021-06-22
Primepress
Seven countries join EU restrictions on use of airspace and airports by Belarusian air carriers
MINSK, Jun 21 - PrimePress. The European Union (EU) candidate countries North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Albania, as well as European Free Trade Association partners Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway have joined the EU restrictions on the use of airspace and airports by air carriers of Belarus that were imposed after the Ryanair plane incident.
A message to this effect was posted on the web site of the EU Council on June 21.
On May 23, a Vilnius-bound Ryanair plane that took off from Athens made an emergency landing at Minsk International Airport after a reported bomb threat. A MiG-29 fighter jet alert crew was scrambled to escort the plane. After the landing, the plane was inspected and no bomb was found on board. Among the passengers on that flight was Roman Protasevich, one of the co-founders of the Nexta Telegram channel recognized as extremist in Belarus. He was arrested and faces charges under three articles of the Criminal Code of Belarus. On June 4, the European Union (EU) officially banned all Belarusian air carriers to use its airspace and airports. The ban does not apply to humanitarian flights, as well as emergency landings and emergency overflights. End