The departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union (EU) still has consequences for the tourism industry. The European Commission’s Directorate General for Mobility and Transport, for example, confirmed that the United Kingdom will no longer be integrated into the EU with regard to “air transport”. What does that mean? That the European aviation laws will no longer apply to UK companies as of March 30, 2019.
And what changes from now on? The measure will directly impact the companies’ operating licenses, air agreements and airport certificates achieved so far. Thus, in order to obtain and maintain a European operating license and to have access to the intra-Community air traffic rights of the Old Continent, companies now have to have their registered office or a registered office as a member of the European Union, as well as majority ownership and effectively controlled by the interests of the European Union.
British airlines, for example, will no longer have access to air transport agreements between the EU and other countries, if negotiated directly by the European Union. As a result, European and third-country airlines with agreements with the European Union will no longer have traffic rights to / from / through the United Kingdom. “From now on, the operating licenses previously granted to companies by the UK CCA will no longer be valid in Europe,” the Commission said.

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Source: Market & Events