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Mar 10, 2014 (newstodate): Serbia is still among the very few states to be kept in Category 2 by the US FAA International Aviation Safety Assessment program.
FAA has just updated its oversight showing that Azerbaijan has now been upgraded to Category 1 - but Serbia remains in Category 2.
Serbia was downgraded from Category 1 in 2002, barring any service by a Serbia-registered aircraft carrier into North American airports, and the country has since made several unsuccessful attempts to regain its position that will allow JAT to launch flights on routes to the USA.
In the meantime, Serbia had hoped for a short-cut to its dreams of adding Air Serbia's prefix to Etihad's North American flights - but this was also not approved by the US authorities.
The U.S. Department of Transportation recently denied Air Serbia's request for approval of its code-share with Etihad on Etihad's flights to the USA, arguing that it makes no sense to transport passengers from Serbia to Abu Dhabi for onward flights by Etihad to the USA.
FAA has just updated its oversight showing that Azerbaijan has now been upgraded to Category 1 - but Serbia remains in Category 2.
Serbia was downgraded from Category 1 in 2002, barring any service by a Serbia-registered aircraft carrier into North American airports, and the country has since made several unsuccessful attempts to regain its position that will allow JAT to launch flights on routes to the USA.
In the meantime, Serbia had hoped for a short-cut to its dreams of adding Air Serbia's prefix to Etihad's North American flights - but this was also not approved by the US authorities.
The U.S. Department of Transportation recently denied Air Serbia's request for approval of its code-share with Etihad on Etihad's flights to the USA, arguing that it makes no sense to transport passengers from Serbia to Abu Dhabi for onward flights by Etihad to the USA.