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Sweden's Transport Agency said on Monday that Swedish airlines should consider avoiding Belarus airspace after a Belarusian warplane intercepted a flight between Greece and Lithuania and forced it down in Minsk on Sunday.
Finland's flag carrier Finnair said on Tuesday it would stop using Belarusian airspace after Belarus scrambled a warplane to intercept a Ryanair aircraft and arrest a dissident journalist.
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HELSINKI, May 25 (Reuters) - Finland’s flag carrier Finnair said on Tuesday it would stop using Belarusian airspace after Belarus scrambled a warplane to intercept a Ryanair aircraft and arrest a dissident journalist.
“This affects very few flights. The last flight [in the airspace] was on Sunday and the next one will be on Wednesday,” Finnair’s spokeswoman told Reuters.
She added that Finnair made the decision after a recommendation from the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency. (Reporting by Essi Lehto; Editing by Andrew Heavens)
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HELSINKI, May 25 (Reuters) - Finland’s flag carrier Finnair said on Tuesday it would stop using Belarusian airspace after Belarus scrambled a warplane to intercept a Ryanair aircraft and arrest a dissident journalist.
EU country leaders met in Brussels on Monday and urged all EU-based carriers to avoid flying through Belarus airspace. Several European airlines have already announced they would do so..
In Finnair’s case, the decision affects three flights a week, a spokeswoman said.
Reporting by Essi Lehto; Editing by John Stonestreet