EU bars Nigerian airline from operating in its airspace

The European Union, EU, has barred Nigerian airline, Med-View Airlines, from operating within its airspace over safety reasons.

Med-View was one of those under the EU Air Safety List Annex A, which includes all airlines banned from operating in Europe.

A total of 181 airlines were barred from flying into Europe, with 174 airlines barred due to safety oversight by aviation authorities in their home countries.

The EU Air Safety List is a list of non-European airlines that do not meet international safety standards, and are therefore subject to an operating ban or operational restrictions within the European Union.
In an updated version, all air carriers from countries such as Benin Republic and Mozambique were removed from the list, while four individual airlines, one each from Nigeria, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Ukraine, and Zimbabwe, were barred.

However, the Nigerian airline is yet to make an official statement on the development.