EU cleared to publish a blacklist of airlines
13 October 2006European Union air safety specialists this week gave the executive commission the authority to publish a Europe-wide blacklist of unsafe airlines, in a move aimed at replacing a country-by-country approach that is creating confusion.
‘ “There is consensus toward establishing a list of companies which are restricted or suspended from operating their aircraft to, from or over Europe,”‘ said Roberto Salvarani, head of the European Commission air safety unit. The group was pushed into action by uncoordinated country-by-country actions in the wake of a rash of crashes in the last month.
source: International Herald Tribune
