USA wants to ban the sale of tickets for flights from America to Belarus
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has proposed to ban the sale of tickets for flights between the US and Belarus. Writes about it Travel Weekly.
The move follows the forced landing of a Ryanair flight by Belarus on May 23, which flew over the Eastern European country en route to Vilnius, Lithuania from Athens. After the plane landed in Minsk, at the request of the Belarusian Air Force, the authorities detained dissident journalist Roman Protasevich, who is an opponent of the authoritarian President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko.
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Under the proposed DOT order, both domestic and foreign airlines would be prohibited from selling routes from the United States to Belarus. The decree also applies to connecting flights operated by several airlines if the final destination is Belarus. Interested parties have until July 1 to make public comments on this proposal before the DOT issues a final decree.
The European Union has already banned the Belarusian flagship air carrier Belavia from entering the airspace of the EU countries and requires airlines based in the EU to avoid the Belarusian sky.
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The EU recently imposed new economic sanctions on Belarus over the Ryanair incident.
As ForumDaily wrote earlier:
- On May 23, the regime of the dictator of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, using a fighter jet, forced the Ryanair plane to land in Minsk... The KGB officers removed the co-founder of the opposition Telegram channel NEXTA Roman Protasevich from his board. He faces a maximum prison term, although he himself does not rule out execution.
- The Ambassador of Latvia to Belarus was offered leave the country within XNUMX hours.
- Aviation Department published transcript of the negotiations between the Ryanair pilot and the dispatcher of the Minsk airport... Many countries have established an air blockade of Belarus.
- Who is Roman Protasevich, for whose arrest Belarus intercepted the plane, read in our material.
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