Introduction.
The European Commission has updated the EU Air Safety List, reducing the number of banned airlines from 169 to 154 after removing all carriers certified in KYRGYZSTAN, citing major improvements in the country’s aviation safety oversight over the past two decades. At the same time, Air Express Algeria was added to the blacklist due to serious safety deficiencies identified by EU aviation experts, preventing the airline from operating within EU airspace. The revised list now includes 126 airlines from 16 countries with inadequate national safety oversight, including several African states such as ANGOLA, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, DJIBOUTI, EQUATORIAL GUINEA, ERITREA, LIBERIA, LIBYA, SÃO TOMÉ AND PRÍNCIPE, SIERRA LEONE, SUDAN, and TANZANIA, alongside 22 Russian-certified airlines and six individual carriers from other countries facing bans, while two airlines remain under operational restrictions rather than a full ban. The update coincides with the 20th anniversary of the EU Air Safety List, and a new Eurobarometer survey showed strong public confidence in the EU’s airline safety oversight system, with 70% of Europeans viewing the list as an effective passenger…
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