BREXIT has impacted the performance and safety of “lifeline” aviation services on Scotland’s west coast, transport minister Jenny Gilruth has warned.
With the transitional licensing window for EASA-validated personnel working in the UK expiring at year-end, the clock is running down to secure new post-Brexit approvals.
Businesses in Cumbria are calling on the Government to provide a support package for the aviation sector and other exporters suffering due to the economic downturn brought on by Brexit and the COVID-19 global pandemic.
While the loss of unfettered access to the European Union market has been a huge loss and frustration to UK operators following Brexit, the country’s departure from the bloc will soon deal a blow for UK airspace users. Starting June 25, their ability to perform LPV approaches will be removed...
The ‘thousands of jobs’ affected by Brexit have added to travel chaos at UK airports, the boss of Ryanair has said.
One potential disruption from the UK’s Brexit from the European Union was definitively averted this week with the nation’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) announcement that it will adopt the European Aviation Safety Agency’s standards for certifying next generation electric takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.
Brexit is making it harder for airports and airlines to recruit staff, adding to shortages that are causing travel chaos, according to a leading recruiter.
‘Pre-pandemic we would have turned down 2-2.5 per cent because of nationality issues. Now it’s 35-40 per cent,’ says Johan Lundgren.
Brexit ‘completely’ to blame for airport chaos, says Ryanair boss – predicting summer-long disruption
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'This government couldn’t run a sweet shop', says Michael O’Leary,
No airline wanted Britain to vote leave in last year’s referendum; easyJet and Ryanair campaigned against it. / About 85% of Britain’s international air traffic is currently governed by EU-wide agreements. / Concerns include landing rights, operating licences and ownership rules. Prior to the EU and deregulation of the skies, landing rights were negotiated between individual states ...
Controversial Tory bill set to inflict further damage on businesses, with no clues yet about incoming legislation.
The UK’s open access to European skies is easy to take for granted. Back and forth for the past 20 years, flights between the UK and the Continent have helped knit together the EU’s business and tourism industries. Since 1994, any EU airline has been free to fly between any two points in Europe, spurring the rise of budget airlines and slashing airfares to half of what they were.
Certain UK flights will be operated on aircraft leased from Spain, Finland, Latvia and Lithuania.
BRITISH Airways has confirmed it will increase activity at Belfast City Airport to make up for the loss of Aer Lingus on the busy London Heathrow route at the end of October. / The Irish carrier has been forced to withdraw from the service, with Dublin-based trade union Fórsa blaming Brexit.
The United Kingdom has passed the point of no return. It has less than six months to reach a new trade deal with the European Union or risk heaping more pressure on companies that are already laying off tens of thousands of workers because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Rishi Sunak is facing fresh demands to improve the UK’s Brexit deal with the EU.
New Austrian airline to serve Europe as DHL Air UK to receive 777Fs for intercontinental ops.
Robert Banks claims he was wrongly blocked from travelling from Newcastle to Amsterdam for a conference by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines due to the issue date of his passport.
EasyJet had 8,000 applications from EU citizens – but had to turn them down because of Brexit
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EasyJet reportedly had to turn down thousands of job applications from EU citizens because of Brexit.
Britain could be excluded from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) after it quits the EU, raising the prospect of increased certification costs for airlines and manufacturers and dashing London’s hopes of keeping its membership.
MEPs have the power to approve, amend or reject nearly all EU legislation. / So what have they achieved in this five-year term?
For some weeks the British government has been planning a “shock and awe” campaign to warn British businesses that they have less than six months to prepare for Brexit; but the EU has beaten them to it.
Bloc will keep roads open to hauliers and let UK operate flights for six months if UK agrees to maintain ‘equivalent’ regulations.
The EU has published contingency plans in case of the possible collapse of Brexit trade talks with the UK.