Airlines Banned in the European Union

There are a total of 289 air carriers that are banned in the EU, and all are from non-EU countries. The banned list also includes three independent carriers: Blue Wing Airlines (Suriname), Meridian Airways Ltd (Republic of Ghana) and Conviasa (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela).

According to the list, only ten air carriers are authorized to operate flights to the EU under special conditions: Air Astana (Kazakhstan); Afrijet, Gabon Airlines and SN2AG (Gabon); Air Koryo (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea); Airlift International (GH) Ltd (Republic of Ghana); Air Service Comores; Iran Air; TAAG Angola Airlines; and Air Madagascar.

Below is a list of airlines, and their country of origin, banned from operating in the European Union.

  • Aero Benin (Benin)
  • Aeroequiptment Aviation (Philippines)
  • Aerojet (Angola)
  • Aeromajestic (Philippines)
  • Aero Service Canadian Airways (Congo)
  • Aero-Servicos SARL (Mozambique)
  • Aerovisao de Mozambique (Mozambique)
  • Aerowurks Aerial Spraying Services (Philippines)
  • Afric Aviation (Gabon)
  • Africa Airways (Benin)
  • Africa Connection (San Tome and Principe)
  • African Air Services Commuter (Congo)
  • Air 26 (Angola)
  • Air Almaty (Kazakhstan)
  • Air Asia Philippines (Philippines)
  • Air Bishkek (formerly Eastok Avia) (Kyrgyz Republic)
  • Air Born Indonesia (Indonesia)
  • Air Fast Congo (Congo)
  • Air Gicango (Angola)
  • Airgurus (Philippines)
  • Air Jet (Angola)
  • Air Kasai (Congo)
  • Air Katanga (Congo)
  • Air Manas (Kyrgyz Republic)
  • Air Nave (Angola)
  • Air Pacific Utama (Indonesia)
  • Air Philippines Corporation (Philippines)
  • Air Rum, Ltd (Sierra Leone)
  • Air Services SA (Gabon)
  • Air Tourist (Allegiance) (Gabon)
  • Air Tropiques (Congo)
  • Air Trust Aircompany (Kazakhstan)
  • Air Wolf Aviation Inc. (Philippines)
  • Airtrack Agricultural Corporation (Philippines)
  • Alafia Jet (Benin)
  • Alfa Airlines (Sudan)
  • Alfa Trans Dirgantata (Indonesia)
  • Almajal Aviation Service (Sudan)
  • Almajara Aviation (Sudan)
  • Angkasa Super Services (Indonesia)
  • Angola Air Services (Angola)
  • Ariana Afghan Airlines (Afghanistan)
  • Asco Nusa Air (Indonesia)
  • Asi Pudjiastuti (Indonesia)
  • Asia Aircraft Overseas Philippines Inc. (Philippines)
  • Asia Continental Airlines (Kazakhstan)
  • Atma Airlines (Kazakhstan)
  • Attico Airlines “Trans Attico” (Sudan)
  • Avia Traffic Company (Kyrgyz Republic)
  • Avia-Jaynar/ Avia-Zhaynar (Kazakhstan)
  • Aviastar Mandiri (Indonesia)
  • Aviation Technology Innovators, Inc. (Philippines)
  • Aviatour’s Fly’n Inc (Philippines)
  • Ayala Aviation Corp (Philippines)
  • Azza Transport Company (Sudan)
  • Bader Airlines (Sudan)
  • Beacon (Philippines)
  • Bek Air (Kazakhstan)
  • Bendice Transport Management Inc. (Philippines)
  • Benin Golf Air (Benin)
  • Benin Littoral Airways (Benin)
  • Beybars Aircompany (Kazakhstan)
  • Blue Airlines (Congo)
  • Blue Wing Airlines (Suriname)
  • Bravo Air Congo (Congo)
  • British Gulf International Company LTD (San Tome and Principe)
  • Burundayavia Airlines (Kazakhstan)
  • Business Aviation (Congo)
  • Busy Bee Congo (Congo)
  • Canadian Helicopters Philippines Inc. (Philippines)
  • Cebu Pacific Air (Philippines)
  • Ceiba Intercontinental (Equatorial Guinea)
  • Central Asian Aviation Services “CAAS” (Kyrgyz Republic)
  • Certeza Infosystems Corp. (Philippines)
  • Cetraca Aviation Service (Congo)
  • CFA Mozambique (Mozambique)
  • CFM-Transportes E Trabalho Aero SA (Mozambique)
  • CHC Stellavia (Congo)
  • Chemtrad Aviation Corporation (Philippines)
  • Citilink Indonesia (Indonesia)
  • Click Airways (Kyrgyz Republic)
  • CM Aero Services (Philippines)
  • Comlux-KZ (Kazakhstan)
  • Compagnie Africaine D’aviation (Congo)
  • Congo Express (Congo)
  • Consorcio Venezoloano De Industrias Aeronauticas Y Servicios Aereos, S.A. “Conviasa (Ghana)
  • Corporate Air (Philippines)
  • Cotair (Benin)
  • Cronos Airlines (Equatorial Guinea)
  • Cyclone Airways (Philippines)
  • Daallo Airlines (Djibouti)
  • Dabi Air Nusantara (Indonesia)
  • Deraya Air Taxi (Indonesia)
  • Derazona Air Service (Indonesia)
  • Destiny Air Services, Ltd (Sierra Leone)
  • Deta Air (Kazakhstan)
  • Diexim (Angola)
  • Dirgantara Air Service (Indonesia)
  • Doren Air Congo (Congo)
  • East Wing (Kazakhstan)
  • Eastindo (Indonesia)
  • Emeraude (Congo)
  • Emilio Air Charter LDA (Mozambique)
  • Enggang Air Service (Indonesia)
  • Entreprise World Airways (Congo)
  • Equaflight Services
  • Equajet (Congo)
  • Equatorial Congo Airlines S.A. (Congo)
  • Eritrean Airlines (Eritrea)
  • Ersa Eastern Aviation (Indonesia)
  • ETA Air Charter LDA (Mozambique)
  • Euro-Asia Air (Kazakhstan)
  • Euro-Asia Air International (Kazakhstan)
  • Executive Jet Services (San Tome and Principe)
  • F.F. Cruz and Company, Inc. (Philippines)
  • Far East Aviation Services (Philippines)
  • Filair (Congo)
  • Fly540 (Angola)
  • Fly Congo (Congo)
  • Fly Jet KZ (Kazakhstan)
  • Forty Eight Aviation (Sudan)
  • Galaxy Kavatsi (Congo)
  • Gatari Air Service (Indonesia)
  • Gilembe Air Soutenance “Gisair” (Congo)
  • Gira Globo (Angola)
  • Global Aviation Operation (San Tome and Principe)
  • Goliaf Air (San Tome and Principe)
  • Goma Express (Congo)
  • Gomair (Congo)
  • Green Flag Aviation (Sudan)
  • Heavy Lift (Indonesia)
  • Heavylift Cargo (Sierra Leone)
  • Heliang (Angola)
  • Helicopteros Capital (Mozambique)
  • Helimalongo (Angola)
  • Hewa Bora Airways “HBA” (Congo)
  • Huma Corporation (Philippines)
  • Inaec Aviation Corp. (Philippines)
  • Indonesia Air Transport (Indonesia)
  • Intan Angkasa Air Service (Indonesia)
  • Interisland Airlines (Philippines)
  • International Trans Air Business “ITAB” (Congo)
  • Investavia (Kazakhstan)
  • Irtysh Air (Kazakhstan)
  • Island Aviation (Philippines)
  • Island Helicopter Services (Philippines)
  • Island Oil Exploration (San Tome and Principe)
  • Island Transvoyager (Philippines)
  • Jayawijaya Dirgantara (Indonesia)
  • Jet Airlines (Kazakhstan)
  • Jet Congo Airways (Congo)
  • Jet One (Kazakhstan)
  • Johnlin Air Transport (Indonesia)
  • Kal Star (Indonesia)
  • Kam Air (Afghanistan)
  • Kartika Airlines (Indonesia)
  • Katanga Express (Congo)
  • Katanga Wings (Congo)
  • Kaya Airlines (Mozambique)
  • Kazair Jet (Kazakhstan)
  • Kazairtrans Airline (Kazakhstan)
  • Kazaviaspas (Kazakhstan)
  • Kin Avia (Congo)
  • Korongo Airlines (Congo)
  • Kura-Kura Aviation (Indonesia)
  • Kyrgyz Trans Avia (Kyrgyz Republic)
  • Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyz Republic)
  • Lignes Aeriennes Congolaises (Congo)
  • Lion Air, Incorporated (Indonesia)
  • Lion Mentari Airlines (Indonesia)
  • Luk Aero (Former Eastern Express) (Kazakhstan)
  • Macro Asia Air Taxi Services (Philippines)
  • Malu Aviation (Congo)
  • Manas Airways (Kyrgyz Republic)
  • Mango Airlines (Congo)
  • Mango Aviation (Congo)
  • Manunggal Air Service (Indonesia)
  • Marsland Company (Sudan)
  • Matthew Air Nusantara (Indonesia)
  • Mavewa (Angola)
  • Mega Airlines (Kazakhstan)
  • Meridian Airways LTD (Ghana)
  • Merpati Nusantara Airlines (Indonesia)
  • Mid-Sea Express (Philippines)
  • Mimika Air (Indonesia)
  • Mindanao Rainbow Agricultural Development Services (Philippines)
  • Misibis Aviation & Development Corp (Philippines)
  • Mistral Aviation (Congo)
  • Mozambique Airlines “Linhas Aereas De Moçambique” (Mozambique)
  • Mozambique Express/ MEX (Mozambique)
  • Nasair Eritrea (Eritrea)
  • National Utility Helicopter (Indonesia)
  • Nationale Et Regionale Transport (Nationale) (Gabon)
  • Nova Airlines (Sudan)
  • Northsky Air Inc (Philippines)
  • Nusantara Air Charter (Indonesia)
  • Nusantara Buana Air (Indonesia)
  • Omni Aviation Corp (Philippines)
  • Orange Air Sierra Leone Ltd (Sierra Leone)
  • Pacific Airways Corporation (Philippines)
  • Pacific Alliance Corporation (Philippines)
  • Pacific East Asia Cargo Airlines , Inc. (Philippines)
  • Pacific Royale Airways (Indonesia)
  • Pamir Airlines (Afghanistan)
  • Paramount Airlines LTD. (Sierra Leone)
  • Pegasus Air Services (Indonesia)
  • Pelita Air Service (Indonesia)
  • Penerbangan Angkasa Semesta (Indonesia)
  • Philippine Airlines (Philippines)
  • Phillipine Agricultural aviation Corp. (Philippines)
  • Prime Aviation (Kazakhstan)
  • Punto Azul (Equatorial Guinea)
  • Pura Wisata Baruna (Indonesia)
  • Riau Airlines (Indonesia)
  • Royal Air (Benin)
  • Royal Air Charter Services Inc.(Philippines)
  • Royal Star Aviation, Inc. (Philippines)
  • S Group Aviation (Kyrgyz Republic)
  • Safari Air (Mozambique)
  • Safe Air Company (Congo)
  • Safi Airways (Afghanistan)
  • Samal Air (Kazakhstan)
  • Sayap Garuda Indah (Indonesia)
  • SCAT (Kazakhstan)
  • Scd Aviation (Gabon)
  • Semeyavia (Kazakhstan)
  • Services Air (Congo)
  • Seven Four Eight Air Services Ltd (Sierra Leone)
  • Sky Aviation (Indonesia)
  • Sky Gabon (Gabon)
  • Skyjet (Philippines)
  • Sky KG Airlines (Kyrgyz Republic)
  • Sky Way Air (Kyrgyz Republic)
  • SMAC (Indonesia)
  • Solenta Aviation Gabon (Gabon)
  • Sonair (Angola)
  • South East Asia Airline Inc. “SEAIR” (Philippines)
  • Southern Air Flight Services (Philippines)
  • Southstar Aviation Company, Inc. (Philippines)
  • Southwest Air Corportion (Philippines)
  • Spirit of Manila Airlines (Philippines)
  • Sriwijaya Air (Indonesia)
  • State Aviation Enterprise Under the Ministry of Emergency Situations “SAEMES” (Kyrgyz Republic)
  • Stellar Airways (Congo)
  • STP Airways (San Tome and Principe)
  • Subic International Air Charter (Philippines)
  • Subic Seaplane, Inc. (Philippines)
  • Sudan Airways (Sudan)
  • Sudanese States Aviation Company (Sudan)
  • Sun Air Company (Sudan)
  • Supreme Aviation (Kyrgyz Republic)
  • Survei Udara Penas (Indonesia)
  • Surya Air (Indonesia)
  • Swala Aviation (Congo)
  • Swaziland Airlink (Swaziland)
  • Tango Airways (Equatorial Guinea)
  • Tarco Airlines (Sudan)
  • Teebah Airways (Sierra Leone)
  • TMK Air Commuter (Congo)
  • Topflite Airways, Inc. (Philippines)
  • Tracep Congo/ Tracep Congo Aviation (Congo)
  • Trans Air Benin (Benin)
  • Trans Air Cargo Services (Congo)
  • Trans Air Congo (Congo)
  • Transafrik International LTD (San Tome and Principe)
  • Transcrarg (San Tome and Principe)
  • Transglobal Airways Corporation (Philippines)
  • Transliz Aviation (San Tome and Principe)
  • Transnusa Aviation Mandiri (Indonesia)
  • Transwisata Prima Aviation (Indonesia)
  • Travel Express Aviation Service (Indonesia)
  • Travira Utama (Indonesia)
  • TRI MG Intra Asia Airlines (Indonesia)
  • Trigana Air Service (Indonesia)
  • Unindo (Indonesia)
  • Unique Air Charter (Mozambique)
  • Valor Air (Kyrgyz Republic)
  • VR Cropsprayers LDA (Mozambique)
  • WCC Aviation Company (Philippines)
  • Will Airlift (Congo)
  • Wimbi Dira Airways (Congo)
  • Wing Abadi (Indonesia)
  • World Aviation, Corp. (Philippines)
  • Yokota Aviation, Inc. (Philippines)
  • Zaabu International (Congo)
  • Zambezi Airlines (Zambia)
  • Zenith Air , Inc. (Philippines)
  • Zest Airways Incorporated (Philippines)
  • Zhetysu Aircompany (Kazakhstan)