EU Commission bans all Afghan registered aircraft from EU airspace

摘要

The European Commission ban on flights from Afghanistan is a serious setback for scheduled traffic between Afghanistan and Europe as well as for the commitment of Safi Airways, a private airline with European safety standards which found itself forced to use wetleased aircraft for its flights between Kabul and Frankfurt. Several months ago the European Commission demanded that Afghanistan had to develop its own Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) that functions in accordance with the international civil aviation standards established and controlled by ICAO. As the country has not complied with this demand the EU will ban all Afghan carriers from its airspace from 23 November, irrespective of the safety standards of the individual airlines.