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Disruptions hit Europe air travel after Ryanair, Brussels Airlines strikes

The European Transport Workers' Federation says it expects "the chaos the aviation sector is currently facing will only grow over the summer as workers are pushed to the brink".

EU hits Belarus with economic sanctions after Ryanair incident

The economic sanctions are the most sweeping measures imposed against Belarus so far by the EU and come after President Alexander Lukashenko sparked outrage by intercepting a Ryanair airplane in May to arrest dissident journalist Roman Protasevich.

Airlines, holiday firms ramp up pressure on Britain to ease travel rules

Britain's airlines and holiday companies are planning a "day of action" on Wednesday to exert pressure on the UK government to ease travel restrictions, with just weeks to go before the start of the peak summer season.

US slaps sanctions on Belarus after plane diversion debacle

White House is calling for "a credible international investigation into the events of May 23" when a Ryanair passenger jet flying from Greece to Lithuania was forced to land in Minsk to arrest opposition journalist Roman Protasevich.

UN civil aviation agency to launch probe into Belarus jet grounding

The decision comes days after Belarus forcibly landed a Ryanair plane flying from Athens to Vilnius, and arrested opposition blogger Roman Protasevich, who was on board.

Lukashenko defends plane diversion, says Belarus acted ‘lawfully’

President Alexander Lukashenko dismisses international outcry over incident in his first public statement since diverting a Ryanair flight to arrest dissident journalist Roman Protasevich.

Belarus releases transcript after Ryanair plane landing furore

Transcript details a conversation between one of Belarusian Transport Ministry's air traffic controllers and a Ryanair pilot forced to land in Belarus due to what turned out to be a hoax bomb alert.

EU leaders agree to pile more sanctions on Belarus over plane diversion

A Ryanair passenger flight from Athens to Vilnius was diverted while in Belarusian airspace on Sunday over a supposed bomb threat, prompting a global outcry to Minsk's forced landing of the aircraft to arrest a dissident journalist.

Belarus opposition figure's arrest in diverted flight draws criticism

Roman Protasevich was detained in Minsk after his flight made an emergency landing under orders from President Alexander Lukashenko, prompting international condemnation.

Ryanair will not cut UK-Spain flights despite British quarantine

Ryanair's statement comes after Britain abruptly imposed a two-week quarantine on all travellers arriving from Spain after a surge of coronavirus cases.

Turkish plane with 2nd batch of virus aid lands in US - latest updates

The number of global coronavirus deaths has surpassed 237,000 with more than 3.3 million infections. Here are updates for May 1, 2020.

Irish airliner Ryanair to cut 3,000 jobs due to Covid-19 crisis

Europe's biggest budget airline plans to slash jobs, mostly pilots and cabin crew and talk to Boeing about delaying plane deliveries, top official says.