By Henrietta Billings - 18th August 2005
Brussels is pushing for an internet blacklist that will name and shame unsafe airlines, after crashes this month near Athens and in Venezuela.
EU transport chief Jacques Barrot said on Thursday that he hoped a website altering passengers to airlines with safety record that were not up to scratch would be available later this year.
"We hope that with the information that will be communicated to the commission we will be able to publish a sort of blacklist", said Barrot, speaking on French radio.
The Columbian charter plane crashed in Venezuela on Tuesday, killing 152 French passengers, and on Sunday Cyprus's Helios Airways flight crashed near Athens - all 121 passengers died.
The list, which would be modelled on a system used in the US, will include airlines or aircrafts that have been banned or restricted in any EU country.
"The European Commission will watch over the full application of existing measures and those under preparation to ensure the security of all European flights, including from third countries at departure or to destinations in member states," said Barrot.
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