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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/736 of 2 June 2020 amending Regulation (EC) No 474/2006 as regards the list of air carriers banned from operating or subject to operational restrictions within the Union (Text with EEA relevance)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/736 of 2 June 2020 amending Regulation (EC) No 474/2006 as regards the list of air carriers banned from operating or subject to operational restrictions within the Union (Text with EEA relevance)

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/736 · Regulation · 4 articles

Data as of 2026-07-04 · Compiled from an official source version. Later amendments or repeals may not be reflected; the official text prevails. · Read the official text ↗

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 474/2006 is amended as follows: (1) Annex A is replaced by the text in Annex I to this Regulation; (2) Annex B is replaced by the text in Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

Supplementary provisions

ANNEX ISupplementary provisions

ANNEX I ‘ANNEX A LIST OF AIR CARRIERS WHICH ARE BANNED FROM OPERATING WITHIN THE UNION, WITH EXCEPTIONS  ( 1 ) Name of the legal entity of the air carrier as indicated on its AOC (and its trading name, if different) Air Operator Certificate ('AOC') Number or Operating Licence Number ICAO three letter designator State of the Operator AVIOR AIRLINES ROI-RNR-011 ROI Venezuela BLUE WING AIRLINES SRBWA-01/2002 BWI Suriname IRAN ASEMAN AIRLINES FS-102 IRC Iran IRAQI AIRWAYS 001 IAW Iraq MED-VIEW AIRLINE MVA/AOC/10-12/05 MEV Nigeria AIR ZIMBABWE (PVT) 177/04 AZW Zimbabwe All air carriers certified by the authorities with responsibility for regulatory oversight of Afghanistan, including     Afghanistan ARIANA AFGHAN AIRLINES AOC 009 AFG Afghanistan KAM AIR AOC 001 KMF Afghanistan All air carriers certified by the authorities with responsibility for regulatory oversight of Angola, with the exception of TAAG Angola Airlines and Heli Malongo , including     Angola AEROJET AO-008/11-07/17 TEJ TEJ Angola GUICANGO AO-009/11-06/17 YYY Unknown Angola AIR JET AO-006/11-08/18 MBC MBC Angola BESTFLYA AIRCRAFT MANAGEMENT AO-015/15-06/17YYY Unknown Angola HELIANG AO 007/11-08/18 YYY Unknown Angola SJL AO-014/13-08/18YYY Unknown Angola SONAIR AO-002/11-08/17 SOR SOR Angola All air carriers certified by the authorities with responsibility for regulatory oversight of Armenia, including     Armenia AIRCOMPANY ARMENIA AM AOC 065 NGT Armenia ARMENIA AIRWAYS AM AOC 063 AMW Armenia ARMENIAN HELICOPTERS AM AOC 067 KAV Armenia ATLANTIS ARMENIAN AIRLINES AM AOC 068 AEU Armenia ATLANTIS EUROPEAN AIRWAYS AM AOC 017 LUR Armenia MARS AVIA AM AOC 066 MRS Armenia SKYBALL AM AOC 069 N/A Armenia All air carriers certified by the authorities with responsibility for regulatory oversight of Congo (Brazzaville), including     Congo (Brazzaville) CANADIAN AIRWAYS CONGO CG-CTA 006 Unknown Congo (Brazzaville) EQUAFLIGHT SERVICES CG-CTA 002 EKA Congo (Brazzaville) EQUAJET RAC06-007 EKJ Congo (Brazzaville) TRANS AIR CONGO CG-CTA 001 TSG Congo (Brazzaville) SOCIETE NOUVELLE AIR CONGO CG-CTA 004 Unknown Congo (Brazzaville) All air carriers certified by the authorities with responsibility for regulatory oversight of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), including     Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) AIR FAST CONGO AAC/DG/OPS-09/03 Unknown Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) AIR KATANGA AAC/DG/OPS-09/08 Unknown Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) BUSY BEE CONGO AAC/DG/OPS-09/04 Unknown Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) COMPAGNIE AFRICAINE D’AVIATION (CAA) AAC/DG/OPS-09/02 Unknown Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) CONGO AIRWAYS AAC/DG/OPS-09/01 Unknown Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) KIN AVIA AAC/DG/OPS-09/10 Unknown Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) MALU AVIATION AAC/DG/OPS-09/05 Unknown Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) SERVE AIR CARGO AAC/DG/OPS-09/07 Unknown Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) SWALA AVIATION AAC/DG/OPS-09/06 Unknown Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) MWANT JET AAC/DG/OPS-09/09 Unknown Democratic Republic of Congo (RDC) All air carriers certified by the authorities with responsibility for regulatory oversight of Djibouti, including     Djibouti DAALLO AIRLINES Unknown DAO Djibouti All air carriers certified by the authorities with responsibility for regulatory oversight of Equatorial Guinea, including     Equatorial Guinea CEIBA INTERCONTINENTAL 2011/0001/MTTCT/DGAC/SOPS CEL Equatorial Guinea CRONOS AIRLINES 2011/0004/MTTCT/DGAC/SOPS Unknown Equatorial Guinea All air carriers certified by the authorities with responsibility for regulatory oversight of Eritrea, including     Eritrea ERITREAN AIRLINES AOC No 004 ERT Eritrea NASAIR ERITREA AOC No 005 NAS Eritrea All air carriers certified by the authorities with responsibility for regulatory oversight of Kyrgyzstan, including     Kyrgyzstan AIR COMPANY AIR KG 50 Unknown Kyrgyzstan AIR MANAS 17 MBB Kyrgyzstan AVIA TRAFFIC COMPANY 23 AVJ Kyrgyzstan SKY KG AIRLINES 41 KGK Kyrgyzstan TEZ JET 46 TEZ Kyrgyzstan All air carriers certified by the authorities with responsibility for regulatory oversight of Liberia.     Liberia All air carriers certified by the authorities with responsibility for regulatory oversight of Libya, including     Libya AFRIQIYAH AIRWAYS 007/01 AAW Libya AIR LIBYA 004/01 TLR Libya AL MAHA AVIATION 030/18 Unknown Libya BURAQ AIR 002/01 BRQ Libya GLOBAL AVIATION AND SERVICES 008/05 GAK Libya LIBYAN AIRLINES 001/01 LAA Libya LIBYAN WINGS AIRLINES 029/15 LWA Libya PETRO AIR 025/08 PEO Libya All air carriers certified by the authorities with responsibility for regulatory oversight of Moldova with the exception of Air Moldova , Fly One and Aerotranscargo , including     Moldova Î.M “VALAN ICC” SRL MD009 VLN Moldova CA "AIM AIR" SRL MD015 AAM Moldova CA "AIR STORK" SRL MD018 MSB Moldova Î M „MEGAVIATION” SRL MD019 ARM Moldova CA "PECOTOX-AIR" SRL MD020 PXA Moldova CA "TERRA AVIA" SRL MD022 TVR Moldova CA "FLY PRO" SRL MD023 PVV Moldova All air carriers certified by the authorities with responsibility for regulatory oversight of Nepal, including     Nepal AIR DYNASTY HELI. S. 035/2001 Unknown Nepal ALTITUDE AIR 085/2016 Unknown Nepal BUDDHA AIR 014/1996 BHA Nepal FISHTAIL AIR 017/2001 Unknown Nepal SUMMIT AIR 064/2010 Unknown Nepal HELI EVEREST 086/2016 Unknown Nepal HIMALAYA AIRLINES 084/2015 HIM Nepal KAILASH HELICOPTER SERVICES 087/2018 Unknown Nepal MAKALU AIR 057A/2009 Unknown Nepal MANANG AIR PVT 082/2014 Unknown Nepal MOUNTAIN HELICOPTERS 055/2009 Unknown Nepal PRABHU HELICOPTERS 081/2013 Unknown Nepal NEPAL AIRLINES CORPORATION 003/2000 RNA Nepal SAURYA AIRLINES 083/2014 Unknown Nepal SHREE AIRLINES 030/2002 SHA Nepal SIMRIK AIR 034/2000 Unknown Nepal SIMRIK AIRLINES 052/2009 RMK Nepal SITA AIR 033/2000 Unknown Nepal TARA AIR 053/2009 Unknown Nepal YETI AIRLINES 037/2004 NYT Nepal All air carriers certified by the authorities with responsibility for regulatory oversight of Sao Tome and Principe, including     Sao Tome and Principe AFRICA'S CONNECTION 10/AOC/2008 ACH Sao Tome and Principe STP AIRWAYS 03/AOC/2006 STP Sao Tome and Principe All air carriers certified by the authorities with responsibility for regulatory oversight of Sierra Leone     Sierra Leone All air carriers certified by the authorities with responsibility for regulatory oversight of Sudan, including     Sudan ALFA AIRLINES SD 54 AAJ Sudan BADR AIRLINES 35 BDR Sudan BLUE BIRD AVIATION 11 BLB Sudan ELDINDER AVIATION 8 DND Sudan GREEN FLAG AVIATION 17 GNF Sudan HELEJETIC AIR 57 HJT Sudan KATA AIR TRANSPORT 9 KTV Sudan KUSH AVIATION CO. 60 KUH Sudan NOVA AIRWAYS 46 NOV Sudan SUDAN AIRWAYS CO. 1 SUD Sudan SUN AIR 51 SNR Sudan TARCO AIR 56 TRQ Sudan ’ ( 1 )   Air carriers listed in Annex A could be permitted to exercise traffic rights by using wet-leased aircraft of an air carrier which is not subject to an operating ban, provided that the relevant safety standards are complied with.

ANNEX IISupplementary provisions

ANNEX II ‘ANNEX B LIST OF AIR CARRIERS WHICH ARE SUBJECT TO OPERATIONAL RESTRICTIONS WITHIN THE UNION  ( 1 ) Name of the legal entity of the air carrier as indicated on its AOC (and its trading name, if different) Air Operator Certificate ('AOC') Number ICAO three letter designator State of the Operator Aircraft type restricted Registration mark(s) and, when available, construction serial number(s) of restricted aircraft State of registry AIR SERVICE COMORES 06-819/TA-15/DGACM KMD Comoros All fleet with the exception of: LET 410 UVP. All fleet with the exception of: D6-CAM (851336). Comoros IRAN AIR FS100 IRA Iran All aircraft of type Fokker F100 and of type Boeing B747 Aircraft of type Fokker F100 as mentioned on the AOC; aircraft of type Boeing B747 as mentioned on the AOC Iran AIR KORYO GAC-AOC/KOR-01 KOR North Korea All fleet with the exception of: 2 aircraft of type TU- 204. All fleet with the exception of: P-632, P-633. North Korea ( 1 )   Air carriers listed in Annex B could be permitted to exercise traffic rights by using wet-leased aircraft of an air carrier which is not subject to an operating ban, provided that the relevant safety standards are complied with.’

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