Last week, Balpa warned that safety assessments for risky air routes were “not good enough”, saying there must be “a uniform level of safety, not one decided in secret”.
It called for “global leadership” from the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) in flight operations in or over areas of hostility.
On Tuesday, at a meeting of world aviation chiefs in Montreal, Canada, Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (Canso) director general Jeff Poole said: “The downing of flight MH17 raises vital questions about the safety of aircraft over conflict zones.
“The incident shows that there are gaps in the overall management of airspace.”
The Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 airliner came down on 17 July while flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur.
Rebels in Ukraine deny accusations from the West that they shot the plane down with a missile.
Embassy closed
Thousands of people have taken to the streets in Benghazi to protest against militias fighting armed forces On Wednesday, meanwhile, British Airways suspended flights to and from Tripoli up to and including 5 August due to the security situation in Libya.
The country has been gripped by instability since the uprising in 2011.
More than 200 people have been killed in Tripoli and Benghazi in the past two weeks.
Britain is to temporarily close its embassy in the Libyan capital and the UK Foreign Office has urged Britons to leave the country immediately. (BBC)
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