Belarus Ignores Terms of Conditional US Cancellation of Air Industry Sanctions

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Key terms of a recent White House deal trading relief of American air industry sanctions on Belarus for the release of 52 political prisoners are being ignored by the former Soviet republic’s flagship airline Belavia, a Kyiv Post review of that company’s published data and air industry information platforms found. According to open sources Belavia operates five Boeing 737-800 passenger planes, and three or four Boeing 737 Max B passenger planes. Belavia is its main customer but Russian airlines flying to Minsk are another key income stream for the facility. Around 305 Airbus jets operated by Russian airlines were “temporarily confiscated” by Moscow at the same time. Most industry observers link the low flyability rate with US and EU sanctions on Russia.