Russian, Belarusian aviation authorities to discuss lifting restrictions on frequency of Moscow-Minsk flights

MOSCOW. Oct 26 (Interfax) - The aviation authorities of Russia and Belarus are planning to discuss lifting restrictions of the frequency of Moscow-Minsk flights, according to the correspondence of representatives of the transport ministries of the two countries published on the website of Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya).

According to the correspondence, earlier in October, the Russian Transport Ministry suggested lifting the restrictions. This measure is intended to "create a market of air transport services as part of the Union State."

In its response letter, the Belarusian Transport Ministry proposed discussing this possibility at the Transport Week 2022 forum to take place in Moscow on November 14-19.

In the meantime, the Belarusian ministry suggested adhering to the frequency agreements reached in February 2019. According to Rosaviatsiya, at the time, the aviation authorities of the two countries decided to increase the frequency of Moscow-Minsk flights to 63 a week for each side. Additionally, an extra seven flights a week were granted to Russian airlines which practically did not operate flights on this route.

According to open sources, Russia's Aeroflot and Pobeda and Belarus' Belavia operate flights between Moscow and Minsk.