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Old 12th Jul 2023, 08:00
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Asturias56
 
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No they've been able to fly in for years - its just the latest update to the banned list on 6th June - changed nothing

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It was announced in May 2009 that TAAG had passed IATA inspections.[78]

In July 2009, TAAG received permission to operate flights to Europe under restricted conditions, as it was allowed to fly only into Portugal and using only its three Boeing 777s.[51][79][80] This partial lift of the ban made TAAG the only Angolan airline that was permitted to operate into the EU.[51] After nearly two years of being banned from EU airspace, TAAG deployed its own aircraft on the European corridor immediately.[81] TAAG then returned the Boeing 747-400 to South African Airways.[[i]when?]

In November 2009, the European Commission extended the permission to TAAG's four Boeing 737-700s.[52][82][83] Also in November 2009, TAAG restarted services to Havana; many Cuban doctors and teachers reside in Angola and the flight exists to help transport them.[84] In late March 2010, restrictions over TAAG operations were relaxed again following the announcement the airline could fly its Boeing 777-200ERs and 737-700s to all European airports.[53][85]

In December 2010, two engine incidents involving TAAG's Boeing 777-200ERs forced the carrier to ground the three aircraft of the type.[86][87]

In April 2012, the ban was partially lifted, but some aircraft were still prevented to fly the European Air Space.[88]

An updated version of the list of airlines banned in the EU released in early December 2012 still included part of TAAG's fleet; however, five Boeing 777s and four Boeing 737-700s were allowed to operate into the EU;[89] there were little or no changes in the list regarding the aircraft the airline was allowed to fly into the EU, following the release of the 11 latest versions of the list in July 2013,[59] December 2013,[60] April 2014,[61] December 2014,[62] June 2015,[63] December 2015,[64] June 2016,[65] December 2016,[66] May 2017,[67] November 2017,[68] and June 2018.[69]

On 17 April 2019, the ban was completely lifted, allowing TAAG to fly all of its aircraft to any EU country.[90][70]
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