EU bans Pakistan airline flights

The European Commission adopted 5 March 2007 the third update of the Community list of airlines banned in the European Union. The revised Community list is notable for (1) the withdrawal for the first time of two carriers who have introduced adequate safety measures, (2) the action by five countries to stop the operations of carriers included in the Community list, (3) the adoption at Community level of new safety measures imposed on two companies – Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) and Air West from Sudan and (4) the adoption by two states – Russia and Bulgaria – of autonomous measures on a number of their carriers.

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European Commission: Press Release, IP/07/278: Airlines black list: Commission adopts new measures http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/07/278&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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