EU TRANSPORT COMMISSIONER WARNS THAT UK AIRLINE INTRA-EU FLIGHTS WILL BE BLOCKED UNDER NO-DEAL BREXIT
February 1st, 2019 THE EUROPEAN Union’s (EU) transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc has stressed that the EU would be firm in imposing access restrictions to EU airports for UK-owned airlines, should the UK crash out of the EU with no deal on March 29. Speaking in Brussels after meeting with Turkey’s transport and infrastructure minister Mehmet Cahit Turan, Bulc said she had been “personally been communicating with all the airlines way ahead of time” so they are aware of the risks of retaining UK majority ownership from that date. While the Commission has said the EU would ...
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