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| | EU Bans 92 Airlines From Landing, Most Blacklisted Carriers Are African, 50 From Congo Alone - CBS News |
 | | The new EU fllist of airlines, based on information from the bloc's 25 member nations, includes both cargo and passenger carriers from Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Sierra Leone, Swaziland and Liberia judged to have an "inadequate system for regulatory oversight" or insufficient safety standards. |
 | | EU Transport Commissioner Jacques Barrot said the EU was barring 50 carriers from Congo alone, 14 from Sierra Leone and seven from Swaziland, virtually ensuring that all airlines operating from those countries were prevented from flying to Europe. |
 | | Only one airline from Congo, Hewa Bora Airways, is allowed to use one approved plane for its flights to the EU. |
| www.cbsnews.com /stories/2006/03/22/world/main1429617.shtml (606 words) |
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