Basic UK-EU air connectivity retained under tentative deal

Council of the EU representatives have reached a provisional agreement with the European Parliament on maintaining UK-EU air services, should the UK leave the EU without a post-withdrawal deal. The Council, currently under a Romanian presidency, states that the provisional agreement – yet to be formally adopted by Parliament and the Council – would “mitigate the severe disruption” to airline connections if the UK undergoes a so-called ‘hard Brexit’, with no post-withdrawal deal in place. “The agreement will enable UK-licensed carriers to provide basic air transport services between the UK and the remaining 27 member states,” it adds. The Council stresses that the “exceptional” measures are “strictly time-limited”, adding that they are intended to preserve “basic connectivity”. <br/>