EU: MEPs push to relax aviation rules if no-deal Brexit goes ahead
The European Parliament is pushing to relax aviation ownership rules that threaten the flying rights of airline groups, in the event of a no-deal Brexit. MEPs leading negotiations on the contingency plans to cope with a hard Brexit are also attempting to scrap the automatic cap on flights between the UK and EU, which was proposed by the EC. The changes are contained in a draft report setting out amendments that the parliament’s transport committee is demanding to an EU law that will allow “limited” air traffic to continue with the UK, even if it leaves the bloc without a deal March 29. The parliament has yet to approve these amendments and they could be removed in further stages of negotiation. But they are a striking divergence from the commission’s stricter positions. <br/>
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EU: MEPs push to relax aviation rules if no-deal Brexit goes ahead
The European Parliament is pushing to relax aviation ownership rules that threaten the flying rights of airline groups, in the event of a no-deal Brexit. MEPs leading negotiations on the contingency plans to cope with a hard Brexit are also attempting to scrap the automatic cap on flights between the UK and EU, which was proposed by the EC. The changes are contained in a draft report setting out amendments that the parliament’s transport committee is demanding to an EU law that will allow “limited” air traffic to continue with the UK, even if it leaves the bloc without a deal March 29. The parliament has yet to approve these amendments and they could be removed in further stages of negotiation. But they are a striking divergence from the commission’s stricter positions. <br/>
