Globally 24: Turkish Airlines risks EU ban due to border crisis in Poland
Turkish Airlines and FlyDubai could be banned in the EU for migrant flights to Belarus after the attack on the Polish border escalated into an international incident.
“The EU will … investigate how to sanction, including through a blacklist, airlines from third countries that are active in human trafficking,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday (November 8th) after people tried to break into the Polish border earlier in the day.
The two top EU officials, Josep Borrell and Margaritis Schinas, will also travel to countries such as Armenia, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates to execute them to stop flights to Minsk, von der Leyen added.
Most of the “trade” is done by the Belarusian airline Belavia, which is already banned in the EU.
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Update: Turkish Airlines facing EU ban amid Poland border crisis (Ahval)
WNU Editor: Turkish airlines is denying these claims .... Turkish Airlines rebuffs claims of fueling migrant crisis as 'without any basis' (Hurriyet Daily News). But recent flight records show that Turkish national airline Turkish Airlines has been flying migrants from Istanbul to Minsk twice a day.
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