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| EU lifts Indonesian airline ban | EU lifts Indonesian airline ban |
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| The European Commission has taken Garuda Airlines and three other Indonesian carriers off its aviation blacklist, citing safety improvements. | The European Commission has taken Garuda Airlines and three other Indonesian carriers off its aviation blacklist, citing safety improvements. |
| The EU banned all Indonesia-based jets from its airspace in July 2007, after a series of air crashes in Indonesia. | The EU banned all Indonesia-based jets from its airspace in July 2007, after a series of air crashes in Indonesia. |
| The Yemeni airline, Yemenia, is not on the new list, despite safety concerns raised after one of its aircraft crashed last month, killing 152 people. | |
| Many of the airlines blacklisted by the EU are African or Central Asian. | Many of the airlines blacklisted by the EU are African or Central Asian. |
| A Commission statement said "significant improvements and accomplishments of the Indonesian civil aviation authority are recognised in the area of safety". | |
| Apart from Garuda, the ban was lifted on Airfast Indonesia, Mandala Airlines and Premiair. | |
| The statement also said TAAG Angola Airlines could now operate again into Portugal "only with certain aircraft and under very strict conditions". | |
| EU Transport Commissioner Antonio Tajani repeated his call for for an international blacklist of airlines deemed to be unsafe. | |
| He first proposed such a list after it emerged that the Yemenia jet that crashed off the Comoros had previously given EU inspectors cause for concern. | |
| "It is high time that the international community rethinks its safety policy; those airlines which are unsafe should not be allowed to fly anywhere," he said in a statement. | |
| "We should gradually move towards an international strategy based on co-operation between countries around the world." |