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War in Ukraine
FAA expands no-fly zone to include Ukraine, Belarus, parts of Russia

FAA expands no-fly zone to include Ukraine, Belarus, parts of Russia

The FAA has issued a NOTAM banning US airlines to enter Ukrainian and surrounding airspace. ...

Analysis
Belarus Ukraine border drone cover

Fact check: Belarus captured a mysterious drone. Who built it?

Recently, Belarus accused Ukraine of violating its airspace and published a picture of a downed drone. But what model wa ...

Civil Aviation
ICAO council demands further investigation into Belarus diversion

ICAO Council demands further investigation into Belarus diversion

The ICAO Council demanded a further investigation of the missing facts behind the diversion of a Ryanair flight by Belar ...

Civil Aviation
FR4978: US accuses Belarusian officials of air piracy over forced landing

FR4978: US accuses Belarusian officials of air piracy over forced landing

US prosecutors have charged four Belarusian officials with piracy following the diversion of Ryanair flight 4978 in May...

Civil Aviation
ICAO releases report into Ryanair FR4978 forced diversion in Belarus

ICAO releases report into Ryanair FR4978 forced diversion in Belarus

The ICAO has released a fact-finding report into an incident involving Ryanair flight FR4978 in Belarus airspace. ...

Civil Aviation
Belavia grounds nearly half of fleet after EU sanctions

Belavia grounds nearly half of its fleet following EU sanctions

Following the EU sanctions, the Belarusian national carrier Belavia downsized its aircraft  ...

Airlines
Syrian carrier Cham Wings Airlines suspends flights to Minsk

Syrian carrier Cham Wings Airlines suspends flights to Minsk

 A private Syrian carrier Cham Wings Airlines suspends flights connecting Damascus, Syria, and Minsk, Belarus.  ...

Airlines
Turkish Airlines refutes claims of aiding illegal immigration tra

Turkish Airlines refutes claims of aiding illegal immigration traffic

Turkish Airlines denies public allegations that it is aiding illegal immigration traffic to Minsk, Belarus, stating that ...

Airlines
EU flags

EU threatens to ban airlines connected to Belarus migrant crisis

Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, said that the EU could ban third-party airlines connected to ...

Civil Aviation
An-12 crash site near Irkutsk

Belarusian cargo plane crashes in Siberia, killing 7

Antonov An-12 operated by Belarusian Aircompany Grodno crashed near Irkutsk, in Russian Siberia, killing all seven peopl ...

Defense
Russian Su-30 fighter jets to be permanently based in Belarus

Russian Su-30 fighter jets to be permanently based in Belarus

Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jets of the Russian Air Force arrived in Belarus to form a joint training center for the air forces ...

Defense
Western spy planes patrol before Russian exercise Zapad 21

Western spy planes patrol before Russian exercise Zapad 21

Five observation flights by western spy planes took place over the Baltic Sea ahead of Russian and Belarusian forces&rsq ...

Civil Aviation
Iraqi Airways

Iraq to Belarus flights suspended over EU migrant crisis

All Iraqi Airways flights to Minsk were suspended for one week over the illegal migrant crisis happening at Lithuania-Be ...

Civil Aviation
Belarus travel

Ryanair flight 4978: DOT suggests banning US-Belarus ticket sales

The Department of Transportation issued an order proposing to prohibit the sale of passenger air transportation between ...

Civil Aviation
O’Leary: Ryanair FR4978 pilots were given no alternative to Minsk

O’Leary: Ryanair FR4978 pilots were given no alternative to Minsk

According to Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary, Belarus ATC gave pilots of flight FR4978 no alternative but to divert to M...

Civil Aviation
EU to move forward with Belarus sanctions

EU to move forward with Belarus sanctions

The European Union moves forward to enact sanctions on Belarus following the Ryanair flight FR4978 incident on May 23, 2...

Civil Aviation
Belarus to appeal to ICAO over EU and Ukraine airspace bans

Belarus to appeal to ICAO over EU and Ukraine airspace bans

Belarus will appeal to the ICAO over the decision of EU member states and Ukraine to ban Belavia from using their airspa ...

Airlines
Air France flights unauthorized to enter Russia once again

Air France flights unauthorized to enter Russia once again

Two Air France flights between Paris and Moscow had to be canceled on May 31, 2021, as they lacked the authorization for ...

Analysis
FL4978 cover

FR4978: all the holes in the story

The diversion of Ryanair flight 4978 contains a lot of mysteries. We have gathered all the available data in one place. ...

Civil Aviation
ICAO takes up investigation of Ryanair FR4978 forced diversion in Belarus

ICAO takes up investigation of Ryanair FR4978 forced diversion in Belarus

ICAO will investigate the alleged forced diversion of Ryanair flight FR4978 by the Belarus regime. ...

Civil Aviation
“Bomb threat” email sent after Ryanair flight diverted by Belarus

“Bomb threat” email sent after Ryanair flight diverted by Belarus

The secure email provider Proton said the “bomb threat” message used by Belarus to justify intercepting a Ry ...

Airlines
Unauthorized to bypass Belarus, Air France cancels flight to Moscow

Unauthorized to bypass Belarus, Air France cancels flight to Moscow

Air France was forced to cancel a Paris-Moscow flight because the Russian authorities did not approve a new route intend ...