"Ryanair 'will have to suspend UK flights' without early Brexit aviation deal
Falling back on WTO rules without a bilateral arrangement would be ‘disastrous’, says airline’s finance chief
Ryanair has warned it will have to halt flights from the UK for “weeks or months” if Theresa May does not seal an early bilateral Brexit deal on international aviation.
The suspension of flights from Stansted and other airports is “a very distinct possibility”, the company’s chief financial officer, Neil Sorahan, told the Guardian.
Ryanair, a Dublin-based company, is legally allowed to operate out of the UK under a Europe-wide “open skies” regulation that allows all EU airlines and those in Morocco, Iceland, Norway and Switzerland to fly in and out of any country signed up to the pact
The open skies policy binds members to regulatory oversight by the European court of justice and to freedom of movement, two red lines for the government in Brexit talks.
But Sorahan says that even if May changed her stance, Ryanair has to make contingency plans as the EU has said there can be no Brexit deal until all parts of the arrangement are agreed.
“Europe has been very clear in recent days that no deals are going to be put in place, they are not planning to put any special deals in place,” said Sorahan.
“If there was a cliff-edge scenario with World Trade Organisation rules and no bilateral on open skies in place, there is a distinct possibility that there will be no flights for a period of time between Europe and the UK"
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/business...rexit-deal-wto
It's ok, pensioners who voted for Brexit don't intend to fly anywhere anyway.
Falling back on WTO rules without a bilateral arrangement would be ‘disastrous’, says airline’s finance chief
Ryanair has warned it will have to halt flights from the UK for “weeks or months” if Theresa May does not seal an early bilateral Brexit deal on international aviation.
The suspension of flights from Stansted and other airports is “a very distinct possibility”, the company’s chief financial officer, Neil Sorahan, told the Guardian.
Ryanair, a Dublin-based company, is legally allowed to operate out of the UK under a Europe-wide “open skies” regulation that allows all EU airlines and those in Morocco, Iceland, Norway and Switzerland to fly in and out of any country signed up to the pact
The open skies policy binds members to regulatory oversight by the European court of justice and to freedom of movement, two red lines for the government in Brexit talks.
But Sorahan says that even if May changed her stance, Ryanair has to make contingency plans as the EU has said there can be no Brexit deal until all parts of the arrangement are agreed.
“Europe has been very clear in recent days that no deals are going to be put in place, they are not planning to put any special deals in place,” said Sorahan.
“If there was a cliff-edge scenario with World Trade Organisation rules and no bilateral on open skies in place, there is a distinct possibility that there will be no flights for a period of time between Europe and the UK"
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/business...rexit-deal-wto
It's ok, pensioners who voted for Brexit don't intend to fly anywhere anyway.
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