EU bans Belarusian airlines from European skies

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Post by xendo » Tue, May 25, 2021, 7:00 AM UTC

EU bans Belarusian airlines from European skies
bbc.com

Re: EU bans Belarusian airlines from European skies

#2

Post by matkoniecz » Tue, May 25, 2021, 8:47 AM UTC

Nice that something more than strongly worded letters was done.

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Post by liaukovv » Tue, May 25, 2021, 8:49 AM UTC

matkoniecz wrote: post #2

Nice that something more than strongly worded letters was done.

I'm not sure how much more it is

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Post by thepangolino » Tue, May 25, 2021, 8:50 AM UTC

Is there such a thing as flags of convenience for planes?

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Post by matkoniecz » Tue, May 25, 2021, 8:51 AM UTC

liaukovv wrote: post #3

matkoniecz wrote: post #2

Nice that something more than strongly worded letters was done.

I'm not sure how much more it is

For start, it has some real - though minimal - impact, unlike typical strongly worded letters.

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Post by allendoerfer » Tue, May 25, 2021, 8:51 AM UTC

thepangolino wrote: post #4

Is there such a thing as flags of convenience for planes?

EU planes can still fly there and back to the EU.

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Post by helsinkiandrew » Tue, May 25, 2021, 8:53 AM UTC

I wasn't sure how big Belarusian airlines was, but their summer 2021 timetable shows a number of flights to Europe:

https://en.belavia.by/webroot/delivery/files/TimeTable_en_s2...

They appear to have 30 planes split between Boeing and Embraer:

https://en.belavia.by/company/air_fleet/

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Post by liaukovv » Tue, May 25, 2021, 8:54 AM UTC

matkoniecz wrote: post #5

liaukovv wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not sure how much more it is

For start, it has some real - though minimal - impact, unlike typical strongly worded letters.

I'm not entirely sure belavia is even profitable in the first place

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Post by planetis » Tue, May 25, 2021, 8:56 AM UTC

matkoniecz wrote: post #2

Nice that something more than strongly worded letters was done.

You mean the European hypocrisy when they call out "state piracy"? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evo_Morales_grounding_incident

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Post by mam3 » Tue, May 25, 2021, 9:00 AM UTC

planetis wrote: post #9

matkoniecz wrote: post #2

Nice that something more than strongly worded letters was done.

You mean the European hypocrisy when they call out "state piracy"? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evo_Morales_grounding_incident

It's not and it was never about fairness. It's about strength.