he European Commission has today adopted the first EU list of airlines which are banned in the European Union[1]. This black list of unsafe airlines will now be published on the Commission’s website. The black list has been compiled on the basis of national contributions and after an in-depth analysis with Member State experts. The list consists of 92 companies which face a complete ban and 3 companies which face operational restrictions. From now on the principle will apply that companies banned in one Member State are banned in the whole EU.
[1]http://europa.eu.int [PDF], http://europa.eu.int [HTML]
