Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air and Latvian Air Baltic confirmed that on Monday their flights were diverted to bypass Belarusian airspace.

So it was decided to react to the situation with the forced landing in Minsk of the Ryanair liner, which followed from Athens to Vilnius..

According to Alisa Brede, Head of Corporate Communication at Air Baltic, following the recommendation of the EU Aviation Security Agency to work carefully in Minsk and in the skies above, the company decided to avoid the airspace of Belarus during flights from Riga to Odessa and Tbilisi..

“Yesterday, when information about a commercial flight deployed to Minsk was received, Air Baltic decided to avoid entering the airspace of Belarus until the situation is cleared up, or until a decision is made by the authorities,” Breda said in a comment to BNS..

According to her, Air Baltic continues to closely monitor the situation..

Wizz Air Chief Executive Officer for Corporate Communication Andras Rado informed BNS that during the flight from Kiev to Tallinn, the airline avoids Belarusian airspace, continues to monitor the situation.

“We can confirm that the flight from Kiev to Tallinn on Monday changed its route, avoiding the airspace of Belarus. We constantly monitor the situation and assess it, "

UPDATE: Hungarian airline 'Wizz Air' Flight from Kyiv to Tallinn is currently avoiding Belarusian airspace. Previous flights show it usually passes over Belarus to reach Estonia. https: // t. co / hpy9iYBmK1 pic. twitter. com / PXTk7dzT8X - Conflict News (@Conflicts) May 24, 2021 Companies have not yet commented on how long they will fly to other countries.