USA has cleared Boeing to work with Biełavija, CEO says
October 31, Pozirk. The US Department of Commerce has allowed Boeing to work with Biełavija (Belavia), Ihar Čarhiniec, director of Belarus’ national airline, told BelTA on October 31.
Čarhiniec said that the permission, granted on 31 October, would enable Biełavija to directly obtain spare parts, components and software for its Boeing aircraft and pave the way for talks on the acquisition of new planes directly from Boeing.
Čarhiniec noted that the US Department of the Treasury had previously issued similar authorization, creating the “technical possibility” for Biełavija’s direct cooperation with Boeing. A year ago, the US government issued a permit that lifted all political sanctions against Biełavija, he added.
He attributed the breakthrough to negotiations between Minsk and Washington.
Neither the US Department of the Treasury nor the US Department of Commerce have reported on the decision, which, according to Čarhiniec, has already been made.
Ihar Hołub, head of the transport ministry’s aviation department, told reporters on October 29 thatBelarus and the United States are discussing the launch of a passenger air service between the two countries.
Biełavija (Belavia) was banned from the European Union after Belarusian security forces forced a Ryanair plane to land in Minsk in May 2021 to arrest an opposition blogger and his girlfriend.
The sanctions against Biełavija were tightened following a full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia in February 2022. The United States imposed its own restrictions on the airline in August 2023.
In November 2025, Washington lifted its sanctions after American diplomats had secured the release of more than 50 designated political prisoners during talks with Alaksandar Łukašenka.
