UK: Airport boss urges government to set out its Brexit vision

The British government needs to set out its vision for Brexit, the head of two of the country's biggest airports said on Thursday, reflecting exasperation building among the business community. Discussions with the EU have stalled this week, throwing the whole timetable into doubt, and finance minister Philip Hammond said on Wednesday that PM Theresa May's cabinet had not yet discussed what it wanted from its final deal. Executives within the airlines industry are increasingly alarmed because the aviation sector does not have a natural fallback arrangement that will keep flights in the air if Britain leaves the EU without a deal in March 2019. "It's important that the government move quickly, and it's a bit worrying when you hear senior politicians saying there is no end state for Brexit agreed in cabinet," said Charlie Cornish, CE of the Manchester Airport Group (MAG). "I do think that the government need to seriously up their act and get that end-state vision for the future relationship with Europe sorted." Chief executives rarely comment on politics in Britain but many have become increasingly concerned in recent weeks about slow progress towards a transition deal to help ease the path out of the EU.<br/>