In order to guarantee high air travel safety standards, the European Commission – in
consultation with Member States’ aviation safety authorities – has
decided to ban airlines found to be unsafe from operating in European
airspace and to impose certain restrictions on other airlines. The list is periodically updated in order to ensure that it reflects up-to-date situations.
The updated
European air safety list includes all carriers certified in 20 States,
accounting for 287 known air carriers, whose operations are fully banned
in the European Union: Afghanistan, Angola, Benin, Republic of Congo,
the Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea,
Gabon (with the exception of three carriers which operate under
restrictions and conditions), Indonesia (with the exception of six
carriers), Kazakhstan (with the exception of one carrier which operates
under restrictions and conditions), Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Mozambique,
Philippines, Sierra Leone, Sao Tome and Principe, Sudan, Swaziland and
Zambia.
The list also includes three individual
carriers: Blue Wing Airlines from Surinam, Meridian Airways from Ghana
and Conviasa from the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
Additionally,
the list includes 10 air carriers which are subject to operational
restrictions and are thus allowed to operate into the EU under strict
conditions: Air Astana from Kazakhstan as well as Afrijet, Gabon
Airlines and SN2AG from Gabon as mentioned before, Air Koryo from the
Democratic People Republic of Korea, Airlift International from Ghana,
Air Service Comores, Iran Air, TAAG Angolan Airlines and Air Madagascar.
