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Originally Posted by passingbat
It won't. Brexit is happening. This will not influence the terms in which we leave one iota.
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No one has said it will influence the terms.
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Google the headline for full article. Another reason why we can't just leave tomorrow as some desire
Will Brexit complicate landing rights for UK flights?
The problem for Britain arises from potentially leaving the EU’s single aviation market, the world’s most liberal skies regime, and losing the operating rights that come with it — both in Europe and around the world.
Without an agreement to replace this, the UK’s legal fallback options are limited. And in negotiating new terms, levels of access start from a low base.
Europe’s unparalleled integration came through regulations that tore down national barriers and gave air carriers near unlimited rights to fly within Europe. This “big bang” in the early 1990s paved the way for low cost airlines such as easyJet, which admits it is a “product of the EU’s deregulation”.
“Pre-1992, it was all bilateral agreements, with strict rules on passenger numbers and services per week, the airlines that could operate, the airports served, and the prices offered,” says Thomas van der Wijngaart, aviation expert at Clyde & Co, the law firm.
The issue for the UK is that this integration is based on three things that are difficult to replicate from outside: 35 shared pieces of legislation, a common regulator in the European Aviation Safety Agency, and a common court to apply shared rules, the European Court of Justice, including non-discrimination against air carriers.