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DISTRIBUTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH The triggering of Article 50 and shock Brexit general election announcement are eliciting a mixed response from the air transport sector ber two is clarification on what the RACONTEUR PAUL SILLERS foreign ownership restrictions to the airlines might be in practice. PUBLISHING MANAGER DIGITAL CONTENT MANAGER fter flying in close for- And third, people need to be think- Rebecca Wetten Jessica McGreal mation with its Europe- ing very hard around the visa and Rethinking air travel: PRODUCTION EDITOR DESIGN an cohorts for four-and- entry requirements for people go- Benjamin Chiou Samuele Motta a-half decades, the UK ing into and out of the UK because always connected with Grant Chapman Apushed the eject button. Plotting a we don’t want more friction in air MANAGING EDITOR Kellie Jerrard new course as the altimeter spins travel,” he says. digital services on the go Peter Archer through months of uncertainty of Images Getty via Baumgarten Ulrich Also grappling with what’s ahead Brexit negotiations – or even po- is the private aviation sector. “We litical U-turns – is disorienting could be dealing with many issues, enough, but prime minister There- including recruitment and reten- sa May’s shock announcement of a tion of crew, and the complexities CONTRIBUTORS June 8 general election could make of cabotage rights [the right of an the UK’s flight from the European airline registered in one country 1 Union even bumpier. to operate domestically in anoth- NICK EASEN PAUL SILLERS HM Treasury’s pre-referendum er country],” says Adam Twidell, Award-winning Freelance aero-industry assessment of Brexit warned that chief executive and co-found- freelance journalist and writer, he contributes to the “a vote to leave the EU would cause er of global private jet booking broadcaster, he produces Financial Times, Business significant disruption” to the UK’s service PrivateFly. for BBC World News Life, Quartz and Business aviation sector, highlighting that Mr Twidell foresees “a cata- and writes on business, Traveler USA, and is the economics, science, author of International “the inherently cross-border na- strophic impact on UK aircraft technology and travel. Business Etiquette 20:20. ture of the sector means UK-based operators if they’re unable to oper- businesses would need to comply ate domestic routes in other coun- with EU rules when flying to EU tries, such as France and Germany, EDWIN SMITH Writer and editor, destinations”, which in practice Europe’s two biggest markets for he contributes to means implementing new and dif- private aviation”. But he suggests publications including ferent regulations in the UK, re- a solution could be if the UK ne- The Guardian and The sulting in extra costs for airlines, and “provide a coherent post-Brex- reaching an agreement as soon as gotiates to remain part of the Eu- Sunday Telegraph. putting pressure on fares. it plan or risk leaving the UK with- possible that allows consumers ropean Common Aviation Area as This assessment is mirrored by out any flights to/from Europe for and businesses from all European Norway or Iceland have done. An- an International Air Transport As- a period from March 2019, when it countries to continue to travel to other option, he says, is that “the sociation (IATA) estimate that “the exits the EU”. and from the UK and around Eu- registries of Jersey, Malta and the number of UK air passengers could And that’s the nub of the issue rope just as they do today.” Isle of Man are already an attrac- be 3 to 5 per cent lower by 2020, – timing, because resolution of a But to accomplish this, Brexit “re- tive alternative for UK-registered driven by the expected downturn UK-EU “divorce settlement” ap- quires a whole-business response: aircraft to elope to – now they’re in economic activity and the fall in pears to be becoming a precon- an ability to be agile in order to looking even more attractive for sterling”. dition before negotiation of new change course in-flight as the en- UK aircraft owners and operators”. As the Brexit process “hard- arrangements can commence, vironment becomes clearer”, says Despite the murky outlook, does ened”, IATA and Tourism Eco- and time is flying by. The snap James Stamp, global head of avi- the Brexit cloud have a silver lin- nomics quantified the differences election will also do nothing to ation and UK head of transport at ing? One ray of hope is in the realm in impact between soft and hard speed up the process as attention KPMG. “We have to start planning of aeronautical research, academ- Brexits. They anticipate that hard is diverted away from negotiating for the summer-winter season for ia and manufacture which are all Brexit precipitates greatest disrup- to campaigning. post-Brexit in 12 months’ time. I do inextricably intertwined. Many tion in both the short and long run, “People will continue to want think the issue of intra-EU flying of aviation’s success stories come whereby the UK passenger market to fly across Europe after the UK for UK-based airlines is not going from collaborative aero-industry would be around 6 per cent smaller leaves the EU,” says Tim Alders- to go away soon.” programmes that straddle the UK in 2035 “compared to what would lade, chief executive of Airlines Mr Stamp’s top three priorities and continental Europe. Major play- We have many ways to make ying great fun. And not happen in the ‘soft’ Brexit case” UK, the industry body represent- for UK airlines and businesses? ers, including Airbus, Rolls-Royce, – 290 million passengers to, from ing UK-registered airlines. “We “Clearly number one is market ac- Safran, Leonardo, Dassault and just for the little ones. Like a high-speed Internet and within the UK in 2035 com- look forward to the EU and UK cess and who can fly where. 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