Georgian Civil Aviation Agency “studying” latest US sanctions on Belarus’ Belavia Airline
The Georgian Civil Aviation Agency said it would study the latest sanctions imposed on Belavia before making an “appropriate response” on permissions for the airline to operate in Georgia. Photo: Belavia
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The Georgian Civil Aviation Agency on Thursday said it would study the latest sanctions imposed on the Belarus national carrier Belavia before making an “appropriate response” on permissions for the airline to operate in Georgia.
The comment followed a fresh round of sanctions by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department against the company on Wednesday, for providing flights on Boeing aircraft in violation of restrictions issued after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The Georgian Agency noted it had already restricted Belavia operations in the country with the use of Boeing aircraft in June, following sanctions imposed on the company by international organisations of civil aviation and civil aviation manufacturing companies.
The Agency added that flights of the airline in the direction of Georgia were carried out using Embraer aircraft instead.
Players and staff of Kazakhstan’s Aktobe football club, scheduled to play Georgia’s Torpedo Kutaisi in the UEFA Europa Conference League later today, arrived in the country early in the morning after a delay following a ban on their original flight with the Russian UVT Aero airline by Georgia’s Civil Aviation Agency due to the international sanctions on it for Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
The Georgian Civil Aviation Agency on Monday issued a permit for the Russian airline Azimuth to operate daily flights between Russia and Georgia starting on Friday, following last week’s controversial lifting of air connections between the countries by the Kremlin.
The Civil Aviation Agency of Georgia on Monday said flights between Georgia and Russia would only be carried out by airlines and aircraft not under the international sanctions placed on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, following the Kremlin’s approval of a lifting of a ban on direct air connections with Georgia last week.
The Georgian Civil Aviation Agency on Friday rejected media reports on restoration of direct flights with Russia, saying the “status quo of the mentioned situation has not changed”.
Georgian Civil Aviation Agency on Thursday said the media claims alleging that the Russian-based Rossiya Airlines would start operating in Georgia were “unverified” and noted that the airline’s application to operate in the country had been rejected twice by the Agency.