Updated by the European Commission, the blacklist of airlines is made up of 117 transport companies, twenty of which are certified in Russia, Geo magazine reported on Friday.
As a reminder, the air carriers present in this list are prohibited from flying within the European Union.
This is particularly the case of the Nepalese company Yeti Airlines, one of whose planes crashed on Sunday January 15.
The death toll was 68.
Entire countries are sometimes present in this list, such as Afghanistan, Armenia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Congo-Brazzaville, Eritrea, Equatorial Guinea, Liberia, Kyrgyzstan, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, Sudan and, therefore, Nepal.
In other words, all airlines certified by these countries are prohibited from flying over the European Union.
A device that dates back to 2006
For the record, it was in March 2006 that the European Commission drew up its first "black list" of carriers deemed dangerous, after the series of air disasters in the summer of 2005. Since then, this list has been updated every six months. .
There are, for example, Iran Aseman Airlines, Iraqi Airways or Avior Airlines.
Among the 117 companies concerned are six companies certified by North Korea, Iraq, Iran, Suriname, Venezuela and Zimbabwe but banned by the European Commission “due to serious safety deficiencies”.
It being specified that certain companies may be authorized to fly within the EU provided that they rent aircraft from an operator who is not subject to any ban and whose aircraft meet safety standards.
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