UK: Flights could be disrupted after Brexit, Chris Grayling admits

Flights could be disrupted after Brexit, the transport secretary has admitted, but he said the EC would be to blame for not starting talks on a deal to keep planes in the air. Chris Grayling said that disruption was “unlikely” but that talks to secure an aviation agreement had not yet started with only 5 months to the date of Britain’s departure. He added: “That process is not in our hands.” Grayling said there was “no way that flights will stop” between the UK and the EU, but there appeared to be a marked change in tone from previous speeches in which he had described planes being grounded after Brexit as inconceivable. Grayling said: “It is theoretically possible that EASA could refuse or delay the certification of UK-certified planes. I think it is highly unlikely.” <br/>