Airlines
Philippines Removed from EU Air Safety Blacklist
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Philippine Airlines has enjoyed an exemption since 2013 from the EU's ban on Filipino airlines, but on June 25 the rest of the country's airlines received their reprieve. (Photo: Flickr: Creative Commons (BY) by lkarasawa)
Philippine Airlines has enjoyed an exemption since 2013 from the EU's ban on Filipino airlines, but on June 25 the rest of the country's airlines received their reprieve. (Photo: Flickr: Creative Commons (BY) by lkarasawa)

The European Union (EU) has removed the Philippines from its so-called blacklist of nations whose airlines may not fly into EU airspace. The decision removes the final remnants of an EU prohibition imposed in 2010. The EU relaxed the ban in 2013, when it removed Philippine Airlines from the list, and then again last year, when it allowed Cebu Air to return to European skies.