How an airline beats the EU aviation blacklist

ECAir, aka Equatorial Congo Airlines, which for 2014/15 holds the presidency of AFRAA, the African Airline Association, and will in November host the organization’s 47th annual general assembly from

ECAir, aka Equatorial Congo Airlines, which for 2014/15 holds the presidency of AFRAA, the African Airline Association, and will in November host the organization’s 47th annual general assembly from November 8-10, announced their presence in Paris for one of France’s key trade shows.

ECAir has been flying to Paris since 2012, beating EU blacklists by using foreign-registered and maintained B757 and B767 aircraft and trade and travel between what is commonly referred to as Congo Brazzaville and former colonial power France which is said to be thriving, making Paris one of ECAir’s key destinations besides Dubai.

Only recently has the airline also launched flights to Beirut to cater to the large number of Lebanese investors and residents, and apart from the now 12 destinations, more are in the pipeline, such as Abidjan, Yaoundé, Luanda, Bangui, and N’Djamena. For more information about AFRAA, click visit afraa.org to find out more about the program of the 47th AGA and the objectives and policy initiatives of the voice piece of African aviation.

With airlines in Thailand being moved to the EU blacklist, this may open up some new possibilities.

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