EU bans 92 airlines from Europe

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The European Union has issued a blacklist banning 92 airlines from operating in the region, saying they fail to meet international standards.

Most of the airlines are based in Africa, including 50 carriers from the Democratic Republic of Congo, 14 from Sierra Leone and seven from Swaziland.

The list is available online and will be updated at least every three months.

The move was proposed last year after a summer in which more than 500 people died in plane crashes worldwide.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4832648.stm

The page also has a link to this list of airlines

Few if any operate in Europe at the moment, but even so

Travel agents in Europe will be expected to inform customers the identity of an airline they are flying on, and will have to inform them if the airline is banned in Europe.

But an article by another BBC correspondent an hour later points put that many of these airlines are essential for travel in certain areas

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4833950.stm

saveapenny

its about time they brought this is, for too long now TA's could put you on any old rust bucket without you knowing till you got to the airport