UK: London Stansted owner sees quick fix for Brexit aviation threat

London Stansted and Manchester airports owner MAG said it sees a relatively easy fix for the potential grounding of flights between the UK and European Union in the event of a so-called hard Brexit. The existing open-skies regime that permits unfettered flying by EU airlines within the bloc could easily be maintained by adopting a structure “mimicking” the status quo, Manchester Airports Group CE Charlie Cornish said Wednesday. “A soft Brexit agreement is certainly preferable and the govt needs to move its thinking forward in terms of aviation and open skies,” Cornish said Wednesday. “But they are aware of it and it’s not that complicated.” Cornish said the U.K. “is such a major aviation market” that he “can’t see” there being an issue. <br/>