The European Commission adopted the latest Community list of airlines banned in the European Union.

 The measures adopted by the Commission include bans on:

* all the 51 airlines certified in Indonesia;

* the Angolan passengers flag carrier, TAAG Angola Airlines;

* a cargo operator from Ukraine, Volare Aviation Enterprise;

Additionally, the operational restrictions already imposed on Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) since March 2007 have been modified in order to allow operations into the EC with specific Boeing 747 and Airbus 310 aircraft, along with its Boeing 777 fleet, which has already been authorised;

Besides this update of the EU black list, other preventive safety measures have been adopted unilaterally by some national civil aviation authorities following consultations with the European Commission, in particular:

- The Russian Federation decided to prohibit all operations to the EU by four local passengers airlines (Kuban Airlines, Yakutia Airlines, Airlines 400, Kavminvodyavia) and imposed restrictions to the operations of six other operators (Gazpromavia, UTAir, KrasAir, Atlant Soyuz, Ural Airlines and Rossyia) limiting the number of aircraft used for such flights.

- Bulgaria decided to extend the measures imposed on local cargo carriers by revoking the certificates of Air Sofia, Bright Aviation Services, Scorpion Air and Vega Airlines, suspending Air Scorpio and prohibiting operations of Heli Air Services in EU Member States as well as in Iceland, Norway and Switzerland.

A report by The Mole