”The Commission’s services are working to introduce a minimum num- ber of inspections each year in every Member State,“ Mr. Tajani said. He also spoke of the Commission’s planned legislation on a Single European Sky, which will strengthen the powers of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) over procedures for certifying airport safety and granting pilot licenses.
During the debate prior to Mr. Tajani’s speech, Georg Jarzembowski (EPP-ED, DE) called for the blacklist of airlines managed by the Commission to be updated and for new inspections of European air- lines to be carried out. Mr. Tajani pointed out that the air safety com- mittee is to meet on 5 November to update the list and he confirmed that inspections of Community airlines would be beefed up. At present none of the banned companies on the list is European.
