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EU expected to relax ban on N. Korean carrier Air Koryo
BRUSSELS, March 25 (Yonhap) -- The European Union is expected to relax its four-year ban on the North Korean state carrier, Air Koyro, from all operations in its member states, a source at the European Commission said Wednesday.
Air Koryo has been on the EU's blacklist of airlines failing to meet international safety standards since the list was first put together in 2006. Currently, five individual carriers, including Air Koryo, and all carriers from 15 countries -- 228 companies in total -- are on the blacklist.
The EU's Air Safety Commission met last week to review the list and recommended that the restrictions on the North Korean airline be relaxed to "Annex B," which means that the carrier can operate in the region under "specific conditions," the source said.
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