[Culturechat] Airlines banned from British airspace.

[Vance Roy]

Below is a report on airlines banned by Britain. The Swiss are being  
pressured to do the same reporting.
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Foreign Airline Permits
The UK has one of the most rigorous safety regimes in the world and  
plays a leading role in seeking
to raise international safety standards.
Any airline from outside the EU or EEA which wishes to pick up or put  
down passengers or cargo in
the UK requires a permit from the Secretary of State. It is a condition  
of the permit that the airline
should be operated in accordance with international safety standards  
established by the International
Civil Aviation Organisation. If we have evidence that international  
standards are not being met a
permit may be refused or revoked. Permits may also be refused for other  
reasons, such as non
payment of fines for offences under immigration legislation.
Since 1 January 2000 a number of airlines have had applications for  
permits turned down, or would
have had an application turned down if one had been received, because  
of failure to meet ICAO
standards or other concerns. These are listed below:
Airline Dates of Permit Reason for Restriction
Restriction
Aircraft operated by Ongoing Inadequate safety regulation.
airlines from Equatorial
Guinea
Aircraft operated by Ongoing Inadequate safety regulation.
airlines from Gambia
Aircraft operated by Ongoing Inadequate safety regulation.
airlines from Liberia
Aircraft operated by Ongoing Inadequate safety regulation.
airlines from Tajikistan
Star Air Ltd (Sierra
Leone)
 From October 2003 Adverse ramp inspection findings and
concerns about inadequate safety regulation
RAF-AVIA (Latvia) 28 March to 26
July 2003
The airline was using a leased Ukraine
registered aircraft but the lease agreement
did not properly deal with the issue of
operational control or regulatory oversight.
Enimex (Estonia) 25 February to 30
April 2003
The Estonian authorities had identified
serious deficiencies with certain aspects of
the airline operation but had permitted the
airline to continue operating under a
temporary Air Operator Certificate (AOC)
while those deficiencies were addressed.
Permits were refused until the full AOC was
restored
Air Bosna (Bosnia) April 2003 The Bosnian authorities had only issued a
temporary AOC as the airline had an
number of issues to rectify. Permits were
refused until a full AOC was issued.
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Foreign Airline Permits
Inter Trans Air August 2000 Adverse ramp inspection finding on an
(Bulgaria) Antonov 12. Permits refused until
corrective action taken.
Air Memphis (Egypt) April 1999 to May
2002
Adverse ramp inspection findings. There
was no response from the Egyptian
authorities to the finding, and no further
permit applications, until May 2002.
Cameroon Airlines From January 2001 Non payment of Carriers Liability  
Act fines
for transporting inadequately documented
passengers.
Albanian Airlines From January 2001 Concerns over security and  
immigration
controls at Tirana.
Central Air Express From February Inadequate safety regulation.
(Democratic Republic 2003
of the Congo)
Air Universal (Sierra From September Adverse ramp inspection findings  
and lack
Leone) 2003 of response from Sierra Leone authorities.
Kyrgyzstan Airlines Summer 2003 Non payment of Carriers Liability Act  
fines
for transporting inadequately documented
passengers.
In addition, we require permit applicants, where appropriate, to  
confirm that aircraft are equipped with
certain equipment such as ground proximity warning systems and the  
airborne collision avoidance
systems. Permit applications have been turn down in the absence of such  
confirmation.
All applications for a permit are considered on their merits. The fact  
that an airline is not listed above
does not mean that it would necessarily qualify for a permit.
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Vance Roy
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