Questions and answers on the new EU Air Safety List

European Commission - Questions and answers Questions and answers on the new EU Air Safety List Brussels, 13 December 2024 What is the EU Air Safety List? The EU Air Safety List (ASL) is a list of air carriers, which do not fulfil international safety standards. The carriers on the ASL are banned from operating to, in and from the EU (including the overflight). Carriers that do not operate to the EU can also be put on the ASL, in order to warn the public travelling outside of the EU about safety concerns. If the safety authorities of a third country are not able to fulfil their international safety oversight obligations, all the carriers of that country can be put on the ASL. The ASL, has developed into a strong, and internationally recognised tool to help improve the safety of international aviation. This is the case both for flights to the EU, but also for aviation outside of the EU. ASL is also seen as a strong preventive tool, because when under scrutiny, countries tend to improve their safety oversight to avoid seeing their air carriers on the list. Which carriers are currently on the EU Air Safety List? After the 45th update of December 2024, 129 air carriers are banned from EU skies: 100 airlines certified in 15 states, due to a lack of safety oversight by the aviation authorities in these states; 22 airlines certified in Russia, as well as 7 individual airlines from other States, based on serious safety deficiencies identified: Air Tanzania (Tanzania), Air...