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MAY 21, 2004 (newstodate): AirRep claims it will have no immediate problems with operating IL-76 aircraft from bases in the new EU countries, including Riga, Latvia.
-Any IL-76 aircraft already on the register of any new EU state may continue to operate from their base to points outside the EU, and they may also overfly other EU states, provided they comply with JAR-OPS and RVSM. These special exemptions will continue in force until at least 2007, says Andy Lewis, AirRep managing director.
-The only IL-76 aircraft which are banned from the newly-expanded EU are aircraft registered outside the EU. Some owners and charterers are trying to win sympathy for their cause by wrongly associating their own operations with the legitimate use of these aircraft for outsize loads to offline destinations.
-In reality, many of these non-EU aircraft come nowhere near the stringent safety requirements of the EU and were just providing back-door, bargain-basement uplift for general cargo that could easily fly on other types. They deserve to be banned, he says.
-After extensive investment our IL-76 fleet is fully-compliant with EU regulations with the exception of noise, which is why they are no longer permitted to operate between EU member states. But we continue to operate from Latvia to destinations outside the EU, he says.
-Any IL-76 aircraft already on the register of any new EU state may continue to operate from their base to points outside the EU, and they may also overfly other EU states, provided they comply with JAR-OPS and RVSM. These special exemptions will continue in force until at least 2007, says Andy Lewis, AirRep managing director.
-The only IL-76 aircraft which are banned from the newly-expanded EU are aircraft registered outside the EU. Some owners and charterers are trying to win sympathy for their cause by wrongly associating their own operations with the legitimate use of these aircraft for outsize loads to offline destinations.
-In reality, many of these non-EU aircraft come nowhere near the stringent safety requirements of the EU and were just providing back-door, bargain-basement uplift for general cargo that could easily fly on other types. They deserve to be banned, he says.
-After extensive investment our IL-76 fleet is fully-compliant with EU regulations with the exception of noise, which is why they are no longer permitted to operate between EU member states. But we continue to operate from Latvia to destinations outside the EU, he says.