BREXIT VOTE SPARKS CALLS FOR MAINTENANCE OF CROSS-BORDER AVIATION LINKS WITHIN EUROPE
June 1st, 2016
Britain’s ‘Brexit’ referendum vote to quit the European Union (EU) will cause short-term volatility and may force a longer-term renegotiation of the EU’s open skies policy.
Leading civil aviation industry spokespersons are determined that current agreements concerning the single European aviation market will continue.
However, a European Commission official pointed out that Britain had not implemented Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, which triggers two years’ of talks ahead of a member state quitting the bloc. Thus has yet to happen, ...
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