Black listed airlines

GARUDA INDONESIA is amongst a group of airlines which has been removed from an EU black list of banned carriers.  Also now approved, and all from Indonesia, are Airfast, Mandala Airlines and Premair, the authority citing infrastructure improvements.  Added to the black list are carriers from Zambia and Kazakhstan amid concerns about safety deficiencies in their national aviation systems.  An exception has been made with respect of Kazakhstan's Air Astana, which offers non-stop flights from Heathrow to Astana, but it will face severe restrictions.  The airline has a modern fleet of Airbus and Boeing aircraft and Fokker 50s for regional services. http://ec.europa.eu/transport/air-ban

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