The Swiss federal office for civil aviation (BAZL) will publish a blacklist of airlines that will be forbidden from landing at Swiss airports due to safety concerns, the bureau said in a statement on Friday. The blacklist will be published on September 1 on the Internet.
"The publication of companies with systematic deficits is in the interest of security and transparency," BAZL said in a statement.
The European Commission is planning to introduce a European Union-wide blacklist of airlines with aircraft grounded for safety reasons. The United States compiles a similar list based on entire countries rather than individual airlines.
UK civil aviation authorities already publish such a list on the Internet.
Swiss consumer advocates lauded the plan, saying it will provide travellers and travel agents with more integral information when booking their trips.
"The publication of the list is a good step in the right direction," Jacqueline Bachmann, the head of the Swiss consumer protection foundation said in a statement.
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