Ajet to relocate to the uk ?

Hi all.

I found this latest Ajet news in the Cyprus weekly, looks like they have avoided a E.U. ban, but rumours are that they are planning to relocate to the UK whilst remaining a Cypriot registered company.

See below.

Regards

Nordjet415

Ajet avoids Euro blacklisting
AJET, formerly known as Helios, has barely avoided the distinction of being the first European Union airline included on an EU list of unsafe airlines, according to EU sources.
National aviation experts from the EU’s 25 member states decided at a meeting at the end of last week not to include the airline on the blacklist, the official source said, confirming a report in French newspaper Le Monde.
“There’s no addition (to the list), but stricter monitoring,” the source was reported as saying.
The airline promised to take action to fix its problems soon and will have “to prove that it is doing everything correctly”, the source added without giving more details about the company’s commitments.
The airline rejected any suggestion that it was a whisker away from being placed on the European blacklist.
“As far as we are concerned, being on the blacklist was never an issue,” an Ajet spokesman said.
“We are not on any blacklist, it’s not a matter of being close or not close, we are (already) one of the most strictly monitored airlines, ” he added.
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Ajet would have been the first EU airline included on the list.
The airline changed its name to avoid the adverse publicity surrounding the Helios air tragedy which saw one of its Boeing 737s crash northeast of Athens in August last year, causing 121 deaths.
Ajet mainly operates charter flights to and from Britain with a fleet of three Boeing 737-800 aircraft.
“We fly all over Europe on a daily basis and we have been considered safe to fly,” the spokesman said.
Another company insider said that none of the concerns raised by the European Union were air safety related but more to do with procedure over documentation.
Airlines on the EU list are either banned from flying in the bloc or face restrictions.
Reportedly, Ajet is preparing to re-locate to Britain by setting up its HQ, operations and fleet there, while remaining a Cyprus-registered country.[/B]
Communications Minister Harris Thrassou said Ajet could not shirk its responsibility for the Helios disaster by leaving Cyprus
“A company cannot absolve itself of its responsibility by moving from one country to another, especially a European one,” said Thrassou.

Cyprus weekly