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Jun 15, 2018 (newstodate): EU is now implementing a new tool to ward off aircraft from unsafe airlines into EU airspace.
Since November 2016, any non-European aircraft that enters the Union needs to have a single safety authorization valid throughout Europe called "third country operator authorization", or TCO.
The new system will alarm the Air Traffic Controllers of all Members States that an aircraft which does not have such an authorization is trying to fly to the Union.
The aircraft will then be denied access to the airspace of that Member State.
The new system is the result of close cooperation between the Commission, Eurocontrol and EASA in a joint effort to put in place the best possible enforcement tools for aviation safety.
Since November 2016, any non-European aircraft that enters the Union needs to have a single safety authorization valid throughout Europe called "third country operator authorization", or TCO.
The new system will alarm the Air Traffic Controllers of all Members States that an aircraft which does not have such an authorization is trying to fly to the Union.
The aircraft will then be denied access to the airspace of that Member State.
The new system is the result of close cooperation between the Commission, Eurocontrol and EASA in a joint effort to put in place the best possible enforcement tools for aviation safety.