Dangerous airlines: black list 2020
When traveling by air, one generally tries to find the cheapest flights possible. We’ve given you some tips on how to pay less by booking a round-trip instead of a one-way ticket or by paying in local currency.
If you find a cheap ticket from an airline you have never heard of, take a few moments to check that it isn’t on the European Union’s airline blacklist.
More than a hundred airlines are simply banned from flying over European Union countries because they do not meet international safety standards.
If your airline is listed, it may be safer to choose another option.
This black list is updated every six months by the European Commission, you can download the most recent list by clicking here.
The list below is dated December 10, 2019.
The continents concerned by airlines on the European Union’s blacklist are :
- Africa (Angola, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Comoros, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Liberia, Libya, Nigeria, etc.)
- South America (Suriname, Venezuela)
- Asia (Afghanistan, North Korea, Iraq, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Zimbabwe)
- Europe (Moldova)
Afghanistan
- ARIANA AFGHAN AIRLINES
- KAM AIR
Angola
- AEROJET
- AIR GICANGO
- BESTFLYA
- AIR JET
- HELIANG
- SJL
- RING
Congo
- AERO SERVICE
- CANADIAN AIRWAYS CONGO
- EMERAUDE
- EQUAFLIGHT SERVICES
- EQUAJET
- EQUATORIAL CONGO AIRLINES S.A.
- MISTRAL AVIATION
- TRANS AIR CONGO
Democratic Republic of Congo
- AIR FAST CONGO
- AIR KASAI
- AIR KATANGA
- TROPICAL AIR
- BLUE AIRLINES
- BLUE SKY
- BUSY BEE CONGO
- AFRICAN AIRLINE COMPANY (CAA)
- CONGO AIRWAYS
- DAKOTA SPRL
- DOREN AIR CONGO
- GOMAIR
- KIN AVIA
- KORONGO AIRLINES
- MALU AVIATION
- MANGO AIRLINES
- AIR SERVE
- AIR SERVICES
- SWALA AVIATION
- TRANSAIR CARGO SERVICES
- WILL AIRLIFT
Comoros
- AIR SERVICE COMOROS (with the exception of some aircraft)
North Korea
- AIR KORYO (with the exception of some aircraft)
Djibouti
- DAALLO AIRLINES
Equatorial Guinea
- CEIBA INTERCONTINENTAL
- CRONOS AIRLINES
Eritrea
- ERITREAN AIRLINES
- NASAIR ERITREA
Iraq
- IRAQI AIRWAYS
Iran
- IRAN AIR (with the exception of some aircraft)
- IRAN ASEMAN AIRLINES
Kyrgyzstan
- AIR BISHKEK
- AIR MANAS
- AVIA TRAFFIC COMPANY
- CENTRAL ASIAN AVIATION SERVICES (CAAS)
- HELI SKY
- AIR KYRGYZSTAN
- MANAS AIRWAYS
- S GROUP INTERNATIONAL (formerly S GROUP AVIATION)
- SKY BISHKEK
- SKY KG AIRLINES
- SKY WAY AIR
- TEZ JET
- VALOR AIR
Liberia
- All airlines
Libya
- AFRIQIYAH AIRWAYS
- AIR LIBYA
- BURAQ AIR
- GHADAMES AIR TRANSPORT
- GLOBAL AVIATION AND SERVICES
- LIBYAN AIRLINES
- PETRO AIR
Moldova
- All airlines except Air Moldava, Fly One and Aerotranscargo
Nepal
- AIR DYNASTY HELI. S.
- AIR KASTHAMANDAP
- BUDDHA AIR
- AIR FISHTAIL
- GOMA AIR
- HIMALAYA AIRLINES
- MAKALU AIR
- MANANG AIR PVT LTD
- MOUNTAIN HELICOPTERS
- MUKTINATH AIRLINES
- NEPAL AIRLINES CORPORATION
- SAURYA AIRLINES
- SHREE AIRLINES
- SIMRIK AIR
- SIMRIK AIRLINES
- SITA AIR
- TARA AIR
- YETI AIRLINES DOMESTIC
Nigeria
- MED-VIEW
Sao Tome and Principe
- AFRICA’S CONNECTION
- STP AIRWAYS
Sierra Leone
- AIR RUM, LTD
- DESTINY AIR SERVICES, LTD
- HEAVYLIFT CARGO
- ORANGE AIR SIERRA LEONE LTD
- PARAMOUNT AIRLINES, LTD
- SEVEN FOUR EIGHT AIR SERVICES LTD
- TEEBAH AIRWAYS
Sudan
- ALFA AIRLINES SD
- BADR AIRLINES
- BLUE BIRD AVIATION
- ELDINDER AVIATION
- GREEN FLAG AVIATION
- HELEJETIC AIR
- KATA AIR TRANSPORT
- KUSH AVIATION CO.
- NOVA AIRWAYS
- SUDAN AIRWAYS CO.
- SUN AIR
- TARCO AIR
Suriname
- BLUE WING AIRLINES
Venezuela
- AVIOR AIRLINES
Zimbabwe
- AIR ZIMBABWE
