The Belarusian national airline, Belavia, offers flights from a number of British airports including Heathrow, Manchester, Birmingham and Edinburgh. Flights tend to cost around £150 one way, though fares vary from one airline to the next. There are a number of other operators offering services to the country, including Austrian Airlines, Baltic Air, Czech Airlines, El Al Israel Airlines, Estonian Airlines, Lithuanian Airlines, LOT Polish Airlines and Lufthansa.

Flights from London to Minsk take approximately three hours, and Minsk’s international airports – Minsk 1 and Minsk 2 – offer everything that would be expected including regular bus and taxi services into the city. Also offered is car hire, a post office, restaurants, bars, a nursery, shops and a bureau de change.