The South Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) has fined state carrier, Korean Air, for breaching a number of aircraft maintenance requirements. The airline had reportedly delayed or failed to perform the required maintenance inspections on aircraft over the past number of months. As a result, MOLIT has imposed USD1.5 Million fine on the airline. Fellow Korean airlines, Asian Airlines, T’Way Air and Jeju Air, were also penalised for similar infractions, including the falsification of flight logs and the expiration of pilot English proficiency certification.

In May 2017, the European Commission released an updated EU Air Safety list. Commonly referred to as the EU Ban list, it consists of airline carriers that are banned from operating within European Airspace due to the lack of adequate regulatory oversight and/or the serious safety concerns. As a part of this update, Med-View Airline (Nigeria), Mustique Airways (St. Vincent and the Grenadines), Aviation Company Urga (Ukraine) and Air Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe) were officially added to the EU Ban list as a result of unaddressed safety deficiencies that were detected by the European Aviation Safety Agency.

In mid May 2017 state carrier, Thai Airways International, officially recertified its Air Operators Certificate (AOC) and as a result, is recognised to be compliant with ICAO standards. The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) reportedly stated that the carrier was the third airline to successfully renew its AOC after an ICAO Audit conducted in 2015 discovered a number of Significant Safety Concerns (SSC) within the CAAT and its operations. The CAAT has been in collaboration with the United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority with the aim to recertify all Thai carriers by June 2017.