Ryanair fears UK could lose access to EU's Open Skies
Ryanair fears that Britain's plans for withdrawal from the EU could result in the loss of access to the EU's Open Skies deregulated aviation market in as little as 2 years, CE Michael O'Leary said Tuesday. The flexibility afforded by the Open Skies policy introduced in 1997 has been key to Ryanair's growth into Europe's largest airline by passenger numbers. A third of Ryanair's 120m passengers fly from UK airports. "We worry that the price of remaining in Open Skies will be the UK accepting freedom of movement of people ... I think that may be unlikely, in which case we may be heading for a very hard Brexit," O'Leary said. "I don't think it is possible to get interim arrangements through 27 European parliaments in a 2-year period, so the British will fall off a cliff in 2 years' time." <br/>
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Ryanair fears UK could lose access to EU's Open Skies
Ryanair fears that Britain's plans for withdrawal from the EU could result in the loss of access to the EU's Open Skies deregulated aviation market in as little as 2 years, CE Michael O'Leary said Tuesday. The flexibility afforded by the Open Skies policy introduced in 1997 has been key to Ryanair's growth into Europe's largest airline by passenger numbers. A third of Ryanair's 120m passengers fly from UK airports. "We worry that the price of remaining in Open Skies will be the UK accepting freedom of movement of people ... I think that may be unlikely, in which case we may be heading for a very hard Brexit," O'Leary said. "I don't think it is possible to get interim arrangements through 27 European parliaments in a 2-year period, so the British will fall off a cliff in 2 years' time." <br/>
