The European Community has today issued an update to its Airline blacklist: the highlights are:

Three carriers licensed in Ukraine have been removed from the list, these are: 
Ukraine Cargo Airways and Volare who have both lost their Air Operator Certificates;
and Motor Sich is also removed from the list.
A fourth carrier, Ukrainian Mediterranean Airlines is allowed to resume operations with one aircraft. 

Angolan carrier. TAAG is allowed to increase the number of aircraft it uses for its flights to Portugal.  

The list was extended to include all air carriers certified in Djibouti, Republic of Congo and Sao Tome and Principe.

Five individual carriers are fully banned in the European Union – Air Koryo from the Democratic People Republic of Korea, Air West from Sudan, Ariana Afghan Airlines from Afghanistan, Siem Reap Airways International from Cambodia and Silverback Cargo Freighters from Rwanda.

All carriers from 15 countries – 228 companies in total – are banned: Angola (with the exception of TAAG which operates under restrictions and conditions), Benin, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, (with the exception of Gabon Airlines, Afrijet and SN2AG which operate under restrictions and conditions), Indonesia, Kazakhstan (with the exception of Air Astana which operates under restrictions and conditions), the Kyrgyz Republic, Liberia, Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone, Sao Tome and Principe, Swaziland and Zambia.
There are eight air carriers allowed to operate under restrictions and conditions - TAAG Angola Airlines, Air Astana from Kazakhstan, Gabon Airlines, Afrijet and SN2AG from Gabon, Air Bangladesh, Air Service Comores and Ukrainian Mediterranean Airlines from Ukraine

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