Jonathon Lane had to purchase an emergency passport and missed four days of his family holiday in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt after easyJet staff stopped him from boarding at Gatwick Airport.

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.

The easyJet CEO tells LBC that the number of EU nationals working for the airline has dropped by 37.5% due to Brexit, causing some travel delays.

EasyJet reportedly had to turn down thousands of job applications from EU citizens because of Brexit.

'This government couldn’t run a sweet shop', says Michael O’Leary,

"Thirty per cent of the people who worked in UK aviation before the covid pandemic were EU nationals."

‘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.

Certain UK flights will be operated on aircraft leased from Spain, Finland, Latvia and Lithuania.

Leaving the EU has subtracted staff from airlines and airports in two damaging ways

Staff shortages causing havoc at airports across the country have been blamed on Brexit.

The trip to Greece would have been Charlotte and Ronnie Wilton's first family holiday with children Ronnie and Ciara.

The Independent has repeatedly reminded airlines about the European rules. The UK government continues to misrepresent them, advising travellers “on the day you travel you [must] have at least six months left on your passport”.

The British Chambers of Commerce has warned that the preparations by its members so far only represented the “tip of the iceberg”.

French oil giant Total SA is relocating a key part of its finance operation from London to Paris less than a month before Britain leaves the European Union.

The Home Office is “taking seriously” an incident at Gatwick Airport on Monday when a male passenger was put in a holding area because he was wearing a badge reading “Bollocks to Brexit”.

A no-deal Brexit threatens to have a major impact on the European economy. Companies have long since begun making concrete preparations for an eventuality that is looking increasingly likely.

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 ...