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Etihad to capitalise on trade links with Belarus
Etihad will become the first Gulf airline to fly to Belarus when the carrier launches routes to Minsk on August 5.
The move comes as trade between the UAE and Belarus flourishes, with $30m-$40m a year being generated. Talks between UAE president His Highness Sheik Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko also hastened the link.
Flights will operate twice weekly, every Tuesday and Thursday, on Etihad’s new Airbus A319 aircraft. A third weekly flight will be added every Saturday from October.
His Excellency Vladimir Sulimsky, ambassador of the Republic of Belarus in the UAE, said: “There is a real appetite for business between our two countries which is sure to be boosted by the launch of this new, non-stop service between our two capital cities.â€
By Dinah Hatch
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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