Brexit could stop flights to and from UK for months, warns Ryanair boss

The CE of Ryanair has warned that the UK could face having its flights cut off for months from March 2019 as Britain leaves the EU. Michael O’Leary said he believes the UK govt don’t “have a clue what they’re doing” and claimed that its plan to leave the Open Skies deal could leave it vulnerable to having all flights in and out of the country grounded. He said: “I think the Europeans are looking around and saying: ‘how do we teach the British a lesson?’ Maybe cutting off flights for 3 months after March 2019, they will begin to understand what is going on.'” He said that flights could be used by the EU as a simple way to show the British public the dangers of leaving the single market with all its associated arrangements, claiming “explaining passporting of financial services doesn’t appeal to the guy in Hull or Grimsby” <br/>