Brexit and Aviation: Flying High or Crashing Out? EIPA Briefing December 2020.

Türk, Alexander (2020) Brexit and Aviation: Flying High or Crashing Out? EIPA Briefing December 2020. UNSPECIFIED.

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Abstract

The United Kingdom left the European Union on 31 January 2020 and is currently bound by, and benefits from, EU law as part of the Withdrawal Agreement it concluded with the EU. This also includes provisions on aviation, which allow the UK to benefit from continuous access to the European Union. The transition period ends on 31 December 2020 and both sides will need to conclude an agreement in some form to continue accessing each other’s aviation space. While the current negotiations on an agreement about the Future Relationship include provisions on aviation, the negotiation positions, as they are publicly known, are still some way apart and, more generally, there is the possibility that no agreement will be found by the end of the year. This Briefing will set out the position under the transitional arrangements of the Withdrawal Agreement before proceeding to a discussion of the differences in the positions of the EU and the UK in the current negotiations. It will set out some thoughts as to how those differences could be bridged and conclude with some reflections on what will happen in case no agreement is struck.

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