The head of the world's largest low-cost airline accused Belarus of air piracy.

The head of the RyanAir airline accused the Belarusian authorities of air piracy, expressing his point of view regarding the incident that occurred in neighboring Belarus last year, when a plane flying to Poland was forcibly landed in the country. According to Michael O'Leary, flights over the territory of Belarus and into Belarus itself should not be resumed until the country provides security guarantees that such a situation will not happen again.

“The Irish airline Ryanair on Monday called on Belarus to ensure that the forced landing of one of its flights does not happen again, as happened in May last year, and said that airlines should not fly over Belarus without such guarantees. A United Nations report released on January 17 said the bomb threat report was made up, but did not specify the source of the data. It says that Belarus withheld important information from the fact-finding team. Ryanair Group CEO Michael O'Leary said the airline supported the US move. He welcomed the UN report, although he said he "could have gone further", - reports the information agency "Reuters".

The head of one of the largest low-cost airlines in Europe accused Belarus of international air piracy for the first time in almost 80 years.

“I think it's critical to the future of air travel that we don't have a repeat of what I believe was the first state-sponsored act of international piracy since the Chicago Convention (1944). There should be no resumption of flights over Belarus until appropriate guarantees are received that this will not happen again. ”Michael O'Leary said.

Such accusations by Michael O'Leary may lead to the fact that the airspace of Belarus will remain isolated, and Belarusian air carriers will be banned from operating flights to Europe, which has already led to enormous losses for Belavia.