Work on EU-wide airline blacklist speeds up

Euroactiv

"Work on EU-wide airline blacklist speeds up

In Short:

The Commission has got the backing of aviation authorities for the need for a common EU blacklist for unsafe airlines. Airlines on the list could be banned from EU air space from early 2006.
Brief News:

The Aviation Safety Committee, representing national aviation authorities, on 7 September 2005 agreed to the Commission's push for common criteria to identify unsafe airlines, which would then be put on a black list and banned from flying over EU air space. "