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O'Leary: "With an hard Brexit, airplanes will be grounded for three weeks"

New warning from the Ryanair CEO

Ryanair's CEO Michael O'Leary speaks on the impact that a "Brexit" can have on air transport without an agreement; speaking to journalists in Berlin, the CEO stated that "it could be a blow to Ryanair who would be forced to ground the planes for three weeks". Undoubtedly a problem shared with other companies operating in the UK or having hubs in British airports, but as already announced by a study...

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The Association has called for action by UK and EU

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