ANGOLAN AIRLINE TAAG had been banned from flying in European Union air space.
Diplomatic efforts are now being made, with the involvement of Portugal, so that the technical problems that supported the European Commission’s decision are solved.
British Airways (BA) announced on Friday that all flights from the UK to Angola were to be suspended until further notice after the Angolan authorities suspended BA’s license to fly to the African country.
The information was released officially by BA, even though the Angolan External Relations minister, João Miranda, said on the same day: “All air transporters were allowed to fly normally to Angola.”
TAAG (Transportadora Aérea de Angola), the country’s official airline, is not authorised to fly in European air space from July 6, after a report from the European Commission Committee on Air Security advised against allowing the airline’s aircraft in.
Portuguese Instituto Nacional de Aviação Civil (INAC), the country’s civil aviation authority, has already announced that it is available to help the Angolan authorities come off the EU blacklist, which includes 153 airlinesfrom 14 other countries.
TAAG flights connecting Portugal and Angola are now being made through Cabo Verde Islands, after a special agreement was reached last week.
The flights will be made from Luanda to Ilha do Sal and from there to Lisbon, and vice versa.
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