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EU urged to name unsafe airlines By David Millward, Transport Correspondent (Filed: 16/05/2005) Britain is pushing to lift the veil of secrecy operating in a number of European countries over airline safety, ensuring that dangerous carriers are named and shamed across the continent. While Whitehall publishes the names of banned airlines on the Department of Transport website, the same policy does not apply elsewhere within the European Union. Commercial confidentiality laws in some countries prevent many governments from identifying carriers publicly. Britain wants the rest of Europe to fall into line, which would result in the identities of airlines banned by any EU government being made public in every member state. Britain will not admit planes flown by airlines from Equatorial Guinea, Liberia, Tajikstan, Sierra Leone, Mauritania and Swaziland from British airspace on the grounds that their governments' safety regime is inadequate. A spokesman for the Association of British Travel Agents said that tour operators had a legal duty of care and therefore would be unlikely to use a banned airline. But Holiday Travel Watch, a consumer body, was less optimistic. "Passengers could find they were presented with a fait accompli," said Peter Brehany, the organisation's operations director. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> DonorsChoose. A simple way to provide underprivileged children resources often lacking in public schools. Fund a student project in NYC/NC today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/EHLuJD/.WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
