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The measure effectively suspends the bilateral air agreement between the US and Belarus, including a ban on interline routes. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a letter to Secretary of Transport Pete...

The European Union bans Belarusian airlines from accessing EU airspace. The European Council also decided to sanction Belarus for hijacking the RYANAIR aircraft. Thus, all EU airlines will...

The White House has announced that the United States will re-impose sanctions on Belarus starting next week. The decision comes days after the hijacking of a Ryanair plane in Minsk and the arrest of an opposition journalist in...

Email provider Proton Technologies said the "bomb threat" message used by Belarus to justify the interception and hijacking of a Ryanair flight was sent minutes after the diversion. Department of...

25 destinations in 17 countries have been removed from Belavia's operational network due to the international scandal over how Belarus hijacked a RYANAIR plane operating the Athens-Vilnius flight, and...

Following the scandal caused by the hijacking of the RYANAIR aircraft in Minsk, the EU decided to sanction Belarus. Several European countries have announced that they will ban flights operated by Belarusian airlines, while announcing that they will...

Following the meeting of 24 May 2021, the European Council strongly condemns the forced landing of a Ryanair flight to Minsk, Belarus, which took place on 23 May 2021. The action endangered the safety of the crew and passengers, as well as the...

The International Federation of Airline Pilots Associations (IFALPA) and the European Cockpit Association (ECA) fully share the concerns expressed by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) regarding...

The soap opera with Belarus and the Lukashenko Regime continues today, May 24. Lufthansa confirmed that the Airbus A319 (D-AIBD) aircraft, which was to fly on the route Minsk - Frankfurt, was detained on the ground under the pretext of “threatening to...

In response to Belarus' unprecedented action by forcibly landing a civilian aircraft on an international route to Vilnius, Lithuania bans flights across unsafe territory to Belarus. This decision of...

On the morning of Sunday, May 23, 2021, an unprecedented aviation event took place. Flight FR4978 Athens - Vilnius, operated by RYANAIR, was diverted to Minsk at the behest of the Lukashenko regime. The order of...

Starting with February 8, 2021, the railway transport of passengers with Belarus resumed. Trains run on the Minsk - Moscow - Minsk route, as well as on the Moscow - Kaliningrad and Kaliningrad - St. Petersburg, with a stop in Minsk....