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Cypriot airline gets safety warning from Brussels

The European Commission has warned a Cypriot airline that unless it improves its safety standards it will be added to the bloc's airline blacklist, which bans air carrier companies from using EU air space.

The EU executive has said that it would keep a "watchful eye" on Ajet – formerly known as Helios Airways – to make sure that promises of corrective action made by the airline and the Cypriot control authorities are implemented.

If banned, it would be the first EU-based airline c...

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If blacklisted, Ajet would be the first EU-based airliner to fall foul of the bloc's airline safety rules (Photo: EUobserver)

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