The Commission and the European Aviation Safety Agency are ready to assist them and raise the safety standards worldwide," she added.A total of 181 airlines are banned from EU skies including 174 airlines in 16 states due to what the Commission said is a lack of safety oversight by their respective aviation authorities.The countries are: Afghanistan, Angola (with the exception of one airline which operates under restrictions and conditions); Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Gabon (with the exception of two airlines which operate under restrictions and conditions); Indonesia (with the exception of seven airlines), the Kyrgyz Republic, Liberia, Libya, Nepal, São Tomé and Príncipe, Sierra Leone and Sudan.The Commission said an additional six airlines are subject to operational restrictions and can only fly to the EU with specific aircraft types: Afrijet and Nouvelle Air Affaires SN2AG (Gabon), Air Koryo (Democratic People's Republic of Korea), Air Service Comores (the Comoros), Iran Air (Iran) and TAAG Angola Airlines (Angola).

Air Zimbabwe banned from S.Africa for failing to pay fees In this Saturday, Dec, 17, 2016 file photo, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe addresses people at an event before the closure of his party's 16th Annual Peoples Conference in Masvingo, south of the capital Harare. BRUSSELS: May 17, 2017. His favourite plane, Air Zimbabwe’s Boeing 767, was grounded at the time and the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe was failing to avail foreign currency for vital spare parts. 8674523 FreightWeek © 2020BRUSSELS: May 17, 2017. Zimbabwe’s national carrier, Air Zimbabwe, has been blacklisted by the European Union (EU) from operating in EU skies.. Zimbabwe’s national airliner has been put on European Air Safety List after failing to comply with Eurozone safety standards. Air Zimbabwe added to EU Air Safety List, banned from operating flights to EU as of May 16 TIMEFRAME expected from 5/16/2017, 12:00 AM until 5/30/2017, 11:59 PM (Africa/Harare). "The prohibition will remain in place until outstanding amounts are settled," added ACSA.Air Zimbabwe was not immediately available for comment.The airline was required to pay ACSA cash once a week to cover landing fees, parking and passenger service charges for its weekly flight into Johannesburg, according to the statement.It's only other route is an internal connection between Zimbabwe's capital Harare, the southwestern city of Bulawayo and Victoria Falls.For daily updates on weekdays and specially selected content for the weekend. All air carriers from Benin and Mozambique were removed from the EU Air Safety List, while four individual airlines, one each from Nigeria, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Ukraine, and Zimbabwe, were added. The airline, owned by the government of Zimbabwe, has operated B767-200 aircraft for long-haul services. Its one serviceable plane was banned earlier this week from flying into Johannesburg - South Africa's largest city and Air Zimbabwe's only international destination - after failing to pay its airport fees. The European Commission […] According to its website: "Air Zimbabwe's proud history hinges on its enviable safety record, the exceptional skills of its pilots, technical and ground staff, and its strong inflight customer services. 198402668E It shows that work and cooperation pays off. In the latest twist to the Air Zimbabwe saga, the EU said the banned airlines have been added to the EU’s air safety blacklist. Their reforms have paid off. In an update to its Air Safety List, the European Commission has banned Air Zimbabwe from flying to the 28 EU Member States "due to unaddressed safety deficiencies". [JOHANNESBURG] South Africa has stopped Zimbabwe's national airline from using its airports over unpaid fees, the country's airport management company said on Thursday.Zimbabwe's economy has been in tatters since former president Robert Mugabe lead a devastating land reform policy that sent inflation spiralling and led to crippling shortages of food, fuel and medicines.The state-owned Air Zimbabwe has laid off hundreds of staff over the past two years.Its one serviceable plane was banned earlier this week from flying into Johannesburg - South Africa's largest city and Air Zimbabwe's only international destination - after failing to pay its airport fees. "Air Zimbabwe has not adhered to the cash basis terms for using airports owned by Airports Company South Africa (ACSA)," said the airport manager in a statement on Thursday.The company said Air Zimbabwe had been informed last week that it would no longer be allowed to take off from any of ACSA's nine airports. The state-owned Air Zimbabwe has laid off hundreds of staff over the past two years.

All five of Air Zimbabwe’s planes were grounded in April, the Zimbabwe Independent reported. HU Digital Media Ltd - company registration no. This is also a signal to the 16 countries that remain on the list. One of four banned.

The latest directive which was contained in the EU Commission’s Air Safety List cited the inability of Air Zimbabwe to meet international safety standards, ‘’…they are therefore subject to an operating ban or operational restrictions within the European Union.’‘ COUNTRY/REGION Zimbabwe In an update to its Air Safety List, the European Commission has banned Air Zimbabwe from flying to the 28 EU Member States "due to unaddressed safety deficiencies".The airline, owned by the government of Zimbabwe, has operated B767-200 aircraft for long-haul services. ZIMBABWE'S national carrier Air Zimbabwe has been banned from European airspace. Tuesday’s statement names Air Zimbabwe – regularly used by Mugabe on his overseas trips – as one of four airlines added to the list “due to unaddressed safety deficiencies that were detected by the European Safety Agency”. "As a result of an assessment by the European Aviation Safety Agency, the Commission said all airlines certified in Benin and Mozambique are now cleared from the list, following further improvements in aviation safety.EU commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc commented: "I am glad that we are able to take all carriers from Benin and Mozambique out of the air safety list. Subscribe to MALAYSIAN glove maker Top Glove expects to pay about RM53 million (S$17.3 million) in remediation fees to migrant...PROPERTY developer Tuan Sing Holdings is proposing to divest Robinson Point for S$500 million, the mainboard-listed...YIHAI Kerry Arawana (YKA), the Chinese unit of Wilmar International that is pursuing an initial public offering (IPO...MALAYSIA share prices closed lower on Monday with the FTSE Bursa Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Composite Index down 6.48...TEMASEK will not proceed with its pre-conditional S$4 billion partial offer for Keppel Corp, which breached a key...© 2020 SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS LTD. REGN NO. This is due to "unaddressed safety deficiencies that were detected by …