Monday, August 29, 2005

Banned airlines lists published

Los Angeles Airport, USA
BBC News World Edition reports that "France and Belgium have published separate blacklists of airlines banned from their territory on safety grounds...August 2005 has been marked by a string of major plane disasters. In less then two weeks, three planes have crashed in Greece, Venezuela and Peru - all three of them operated by minor airlines. More than 300 people have lost their lives in the three accidents. " The blacklisted Airlines include:

AIRLINE BLACKLISTS
French list

Air Koryo, North Korea
Air Saint-Thomas, US Virgin Islands
International Air Service, Liberia
Air Mozambique (LAM), including its subsidiary Transairways
Phuket Airlines, Thailand

Belgian list

Africa Lines, Central African Republic
Air Memphis, Egypt
Air Van Airlines, Armenia
Central Air Express, Democratic Republic of Congo
ICTTPW, Libya
International Air Tours Ltd., Nigeria
Johnsons Air Ltd., Ghana
Silverback Cargo Freighters, Rwanda
South Airlines, Ukraine
I have to admit I wasn't planning any trips to Armenia or The Congo this year, but it's good to know which airlines to watch out for when I begin my world tour in the next year or so.

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