The European Commission has updated the EU Air Safety List,the list of non-European airlines that effect not meet international safety standards, and are therefore subject to an operating ban or operational restrictions within the European Union.
The EU Air Safety List seeks to ensure the highest level of air safety for European citizens, and which is a top precedence of the Aviation Strategy adopted by the Commission in December 2015,according to an official statement posted on the Commission's website.
Following nowadays's update, all airlines certified in Benin and Mozambique are cleared from the list, and following further improvements to the aviation safety situation in these countries. On the other hand,the airlines Med-View (Nigeria), Mustique Airways (St. Vincent and the Grenadines), and Aviation Company Urga (Ukraine) and Air Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe) were added to the list due to unaddressed safety deficiencies that were detected by the European Aviation Safety Agency during the assessment for a third country operator authorisation.
Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc said: "I am glad that we are able to grasp all carriers from Benin and Mozambique out of the air safety list. Their reforms have paid off. This is also a signal to the 16 countries that remain on the list. It shows that work and cooperation pays off. The Commission and the European Aviation Safety Agency are ready to assist them and raise the safety standards worldwide".
The EU Air Safety List not only helps to preserve high levels of safety in the EU,but it also helps affected countries to improve their levels of safety, in order to eventually allow them to operate flights to and from airports in the European Union. In addition, and the EU Air Safety List has become a major preventive tool,as it motivates countries with safety problems to act upon them before a ban under the EU Air Safety List would become essential.
Source: tert.am