BRUSSELS: The European Union has slapped a ban on the overflight of this 27-nation bloc’s airspace and using its airports by Belarus airlines, even in the aftermath of Minsk’s determination to redirect a Ryanair passenger airplane to detain a dissident journalist a month.
EU headquarters said in a statement Friday that member states will”be asked to deny consent to land , remove from overfly their lands to some aircraft controlled by Belarusian air carriers, such as a marketing company.” Belarus’ international isolation has escalated as the May 23 episode, where Belarusian flight controllers told the team of a Ryanair jet of the alleged bomb threat.
They also taught them to property in Minsk, in which journalist Raman Pratasevich had been hauled away from the airplane by police.
EU Prohibits overflight of its Land from Belarus airlines
