The airlines banned from flying in the UK in 2025
The airlines banned from flying in the UK in 2025
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In the 2025 aviation industry, safety and regulatory compliance are non-negotiable. Airlines must adhere to rigorous safety and protocols to ensure the well-being of passengers and crew. However, when some fail to meet these standards, they are banned from operating in specific regions, including the United Kingdom.
![[Pakistan International Airlines PARIS]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SEI_235559400-ea46.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
According to the Civil Aviation Authority, airlines are banned from operating in European airspace (including the UK) ‘because they are found to be unsafe and/or they are not sufficiently overseen by their authorities’. And because these restrictions are designed to maintain safety, controversy often follows when they are rolled back.
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Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), which is not permitted to operate in UK airspace, last week resumed direct flights to Paris after a four-year ban from EU airspace. The relaunch sparked outrage due to the airline’s promotional tweet, which featured a graphic of a plane flying toward the Eiffel Tower with the caption: ‘Paris, we’re coming today.’.
![[PIA Pakistan International Airlines Airbus A320 airplane at Dubai Airport in the United Arab Emirates]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2167952045.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
Hundreds have criticized the tweet as ‘tone-deaf’, with many drawing comparisons to PIA’s 1970s advertisement that depicted a Boeing 747 casting its shadow on the Twin Towers, years before they were destroyed in the September 11 attacks. ‘Is this an advertisement or a threat?’ one user questioned, while another remarked: ‘You can’t be serious this time! Fire your designer.’.
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