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According to the Latvian Minister of Transport and Communications, the decision of the Belarusian authorities to forcibly land a Ryanair passenger plane in Minsk, operated by Raman Pratasevic, a member of the Belarusian Opposition Coordination Council, is an unusual situation. That raises many questions. on the safety of flights in Belarusian airspace.
“Our national airline, airBaltic, constantly monitors the security situation in the airspace of various countries. And it has already decided not to use Belarusian airspace for its flights yet. The Latvian Civil Aviation Agency will also provide its recommendations,” he said. the minister.
T. Linkaitis urged passengers to follow the current situation regarding flights to and from Belarus on the Riga International Airport website and on the websites of the airlines operating those flights.
According to Alice Briedė, Air Baltic’s director of corporate communications, the company decided to avoid Belarusian airspace on flights from Riga to Odessa and Tbilisi, following the recommendation of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency to work carefully in Minsk or more.
“Yesterday, when information about a commercial flight to Minsk was received, Air Baltic decided to avoid entering Belarusian airspace until the situation is clarified or the authorities make a decision,” Bried dijo said in a comment to BNS.
“The safety and health of our passengers and employees is one of the main priorities of the airline. Currently
“Air Baltic continues to closely monitor the situation,” he added.
Ryanair awaits the decisions of the EU and NATO
Ryanair, whose passenger plane was forcibly landed in Minsk on Sunday, said it was awaiting decisions from the European Union and NATO institutions.
“Now it is up to the EU and NATO security and protection agencies to decide.” Ryanair is fully cooperating with them and we cannot comment further on security, “BNS said.
Wizz Air has already routed a flight
Andras Rado, senior director of corporate communications at Wizz Air, told BNS that the flight from Kiev to Tallinn was avoiding Belarusian space and that the situation was being monitored.
“We can confirm that Monday’s flight from Kiev to Tallinn is directed, avoiding the airspace of Belarus. We are constantly monitoring and evaluating the situation,” said A. Rado.
The companies have not yet commented on whether other flights will also take place in the airspace of other countries.
Avia Solutions Group: companies will avoid Belarusian airspace
The companies of the Avia Solutions Group, which are dedicated to the transport of passengers, closely monitor the situation and await the instructions and evaluations of the competent civil aviation authorities regarding the organization of flights.
“The main priorities of our airlines are safe flights and passenger safety, therefore, the group companies, assessing the situation and in the absence of official explanations, change flight routes and avoid Belarusian airspace,” said the group in a statement.
The aviation business group Avia Solutions Group, led by businessman Gediminas Žiemelis, owns the charter company KlasJet and the aircraft rental, maintenance and insurance company (ACMI) Avion Express.
Tour operator Tez Tour told BNS that the company’s partner airlines had decided not to fly over Belarusian airspace.
“Travelers will not experience any inconvenience as a result, all scheduled flights will continue to operate as scheduled. (…) Get Jet Airlines and Avion express, which fly Tez Tour travelers, will operate the next scheduled flights on time, without go through Belarusian airspace, “said Inga Aukštuolytė, a representative of the company.
So were today’s AirBaltic flights from Riga to Tbilisi and from Riga to Odessa.
AirBaltic flights without going through Belarus
AirBaltic flights without going through Belarus
According to BNS, a Ryanair passenger plane flying from Athens to Vilnius forcibly landed in Minsk on Sunday. R. Pratasevicius and S. Sapega, the Belarusian opposition activist and blogger, founder of the Nexta information channel, flew the aforementioned Ryanair plane. When the plane landed in Minsk, they were detained.
According to Lithuanian data, there were 171 passengers on the plane, including 94 Lithuanian citizens, as well as 11 Greeks, nine French, several Belarusians, Poles, Romanians, Germans, Latvians, Russians, as well as citizens of Sacartwell and other countries. . After spending about seven hours at the Minsk airport, they flew back to Vilnius, except for R. Pratasevičius, his friend, and four other people.
Belarus used a fighter jet and a military helicopter to land a civilian plane.
The Lithuanian leader and the Foreign Minister described it as an act of state terrorism, and the Lithuanian Prosecutor’s Office launched a pre-trial investigation into the hijacking of the aircraft.
On Sunday, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda said he would raise the issue of recognizing Belarusian airspace as unsafe civil aviation space and depriving Belarusian airline Belavia of the right to land at EU and NATO airports.
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