EU bans 93 airlines from landing at European airports

The European Union today banned 93, mostly African-based airlines from landing at European airports, declaring them unsafe as part of a new Brussels blacklist of airlines that fail to meet international safety standards.

The EU list, compiled from the 25 EU countries, includes cargo and passenger carriers from Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Sierra Leone, Swaziland and Liberia judged to have an “inadequate system for regulatory oversight” on safety standards.