The European Commission has updated its list of airlines banned from operating in the European Union (EU), adding Venezuela’s Avior Airlines and removing Mustique Airways, certified in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Urga, certified in Ukraine.
The EU Air Safety List. also known as the EU blacklist, now includes 178 banned airlines, including all 172 airlines certified in 16 countries, because of what the Commission considers poor safety oversight by those countries’ aviation authorities, and six individual airlines, because of safety concerns involving their operations. Six other airlines are permitted to fly to EU airports only with specific aircraft types.
“Our objective is to offer the highest level of safety in European skies,” said Violeta Bulc, commissioner for transport. “The EU’s Air Safety list remains one of our most effective tools to achieve this. Today we are showing that with our help, airlines can be quickly removed from the list when they tackle t…
