{"id":76874,"date":"2024-04-01T15:44:27","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T12:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/76874\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"southwind-airlines-terminates-passenger-service-between-minsk-istanbul","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/76874\/","title":{"rendered":"Southwind Airlines terminates passenger service between Minsk, Istanbul"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>April 1, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> The Turkish Southwind Airlines charter company, allegedly linked to Russia&#8217;s Pegas Touristik, has cancelled flights between Minsk and Istanbul effective April 1, the National Union of Tourist Organizations reports, citing Belarus&#8217; branch of Pegas Touristik.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tourists stuck in Istanbul since March 30 have been provided with accommodation and food and will be transported home by other airlines, including Bie\u0142avija (Belavia), AZUR air, Aeroflot and others, it noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier, the Bielruski Hajun defense monitoring group reported on the cancellation of flights, citing the European Union&#8217;s ban on flights over its territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Western countries banned flights of Russian airlines after Moscow started a full-scale war against Ukraine in which the Belarusian authorities supported the Kremlin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus\u2019 Bie\u0142avija was banned from flying to the European Union after the forced landing of a Ryanair passenger plane in Minsk in May 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 1, Pozirk. 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