Venezuela's Avior Airlines banned in European Union skies

Venezuela's Avior Airlines has been banned from European Union skies after a commission determined it no longer meets international safety standards.The European Commission announced that Avior had been added to a list of international airlines prohibited from flying within the union because the European Aviation Safety Agency



detected unaddressed safety deficiencies. 

The Venezuelan airline is one of a handful still offering international flight destinations as major carriers like United and Delta halt operations in the crisis-ridden nation.Russian air strikes kill 24 civilians in east Syria.