Wednesday 7 July 2010

EUROPEAN COMMUNITY LIST OF BANNED CARRIERS

The 'Blacklist'

The EC list of banned carriers purports to safeguard EU citizens in 2 ways – one by preventing unsafe airlines from operating in Europe, and the other by listing airlines which may not operate in Europe but which EU citizens may consider using on their travels. However, there are some anomalies. For a start there is a perception (unconfirmed) that European governments regularly charter banned airlines for logistics associated with military operations, and secondly major multi-national companies (notably resource groups) often charter such carriers to move personnel in countries outside of the EU. In the latter case tragedy struck recently when several Australian business executives were killed in a crash in Africa, in an aircraft operated by a carrier which features on the list.

The intent of the blacklist is clearly a good one but what do you think about the reality?

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