8th Update EU Blackist of Banned Airlines
On 24 July 2008, The European Commission adopted the eighth update of the so-called blacklist of airlines that are banned from flying into the countries of the European Union due to safety concerns.
In the case of Indonesia, the Commission and the Air Safety Committee which is composed of all EU Member States heard three airlines at their request – Garuda, Mandala and Air Fast, along with the authorities for civil aviation of Indonesia.
As I already mentioned in my input of 11 July 2008 on Indonesian aviation safety, the Commission also decided that the Indonesian authorities have still not developed and implemented an efficient oversight programme on any of the carriers under their regulatory control.
In addition,the corrective actions designed to address safety deficiencies identified by ICAO (in 2007) and by the Commission, have yet to be formaly assessed by ICAO before the end of 2008.