{"id":170846,"date":"2026-01-08T11:14:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T08:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/170846\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"bielavija-carries-over-2-million-passengers-in-2025-still-half-of-2019-level","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/170846\/","title":{"rendered":"Bie\u0142avija carries over 2 million passengers in 2025, still half of 2019 level"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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January 8, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Belarusian flagship carrier Bie\u0142avija transported 2,093,224 passengers in 2025, an 8.4 percent increase from 2024 but still less than half its 2019 total. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Passenger turnover, calculated by multiplying the number of passengers by the distance they travelled, rose by 11.2 percent last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bie\u0142avija was banned from the European Union after Belarus\u2019 security forces forced a Ryanair plane to land in Minsk in May 2021 to arrest an opposition blogger and his girlfriend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The incident has not been properly investigated because Belarusian officials denied international experts access to key evidence and witnesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In November 2025, Washington lifted sanctions against Bie\u0142avija after American diplomats had secured the release of more than 50 designated political prisoners during talks with Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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