MINSK, 9 January (BelTA) - Belavia plans to continue expanding its flight network, the airline’s Director General Igor Cherginets told a press conference dedicated to the launch of flights to Thailand, BelTA has learned.
According to Igor Cherginets, Thailand is a highly anticipated destination. Load factors for the first flights are high. Plans include launching air service to Jordan and Tunisia in the spring, as well as opening up new Vietnamese resorts for Belarusian travelers. A flight program to Nha Trang is scheduled to begin on 31 March, and to Da Nang (one of the country’s five centrally-managed cities) in May.
The year 2025 was a breakthrough for the airline, with 10 new or resumed routes launched.
“We are opening flights to U-Tapao today, and to Phuket from 11 January. Thailand is our fourth long-haul destination,” Igor Cherginets said.
The airline expects the routes to be in demand. The schedule will be adjusted according to demand.
Last year, Belavia carried 2,093,224 passengers, an increase of 8.4% compared to 2024. Passenger traffic grew by 11.2%.
In June, the airline introduced its first long-haul aircraft, an Airbus A330-200. October was a busy month: Belavia’s first-ever long-haul flight from Minsk to Sanya took off on 8 October; flights to Vietnam’s Phu Quoc Island began on 12 October; the charter program to Oman was resumed on 24 October 24; and Sri Lanka was added to the route network from 28 October.
The flight program is developing not only from Minsk. As many as 1,675 flights were operated from regional airports, serving 145,112 passengers.
A separate focus is cargo transportation. In 2025, the airline transported 3,308 tonnes of cargo (an increase of 59.7%), and cargo turnover almost doubled.
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