Malta Feels no Need to Publish National Airline Blacklist

In an article shown yesterday on The Times of Malta, sources told the paper that local civil aviation authorities are not planning to issue an airline blacklist for national use. Such a blacklist would list all airlines banned from flying through the national airspace after having been found to have a poor safety record.

Unlike France and Belgium, who published their blacklists last week, Malta says it does not need to draw up such a document for national use as the idea of having a Europe-wide blacklist is currently being discussed.

The same sources told the paper that Malta would not oppose such an initiative from the EU.