Britain’s Civil Aviation Authority is stepping up efforts to ensure that airlines and aerospace companies can carry on functioning in the event of a no-deal Brexit. The regulator has briefed govt officials on its plans to recruit staff with the expertise to take over the certification of parts and planes should the split cause Britain to leave EASA, which is currently responsible for such approvals. Up to 20 airworthiness engineers are being sought and steps are being taken to estimate the potential workload, CAA policy director Tim Johnson told the Department for Business, Energy and Industry Strategy panel Tuesday. The aim is to establish U.K. capability before March’s split from the EU. Attention is also focused on advancing bilateral aviation safety agreements with the US, Canada and Brazil, Johnson told the panel. <br/>
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Kansai International, which was shut down after Typhoon Jebi flooded the facility, will reopen partially Friday, helping airlines to gradually resume services. Japan’s third-largest airport by traffic numbers will open 1 terminal and ANA’s Peach will be the first to start flights, Yoshiyuki Yamatani, president of the airport operator, said Thursday. The Kansai airport is the gateway to the Osaka region and only lags behind the Haneda and Narita facilities that serve Tokyo. The airport--on an artificial island in Osaka Bay--was almost directly in the typhoon’s path. and was forced to close after its runways were flooded and a tanker smashed into the road and rail bridge linking the airport to the mainland. Yamatani also said the restoration of runway A and the damaged bridge are the main factors delaying the resumption of international flights <br/>