EU-wide airline blacklist to apply from 2006

The European Commission has opted to speed up the introduction of an EU-wide blacklist of unsafe airlines.

The move could see companies on the bloc’s list banned from its entire airspace, starting from next year.

A common European blacklist will be based on the criteria put forward by the commission, while it will remain possible to add in new companies after its publication.

The new rules are part of the pending EU law on passenger information, proposed last February, and...