Although Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary has often warned in the past about the
possible negative effects of Brexit on aviation, those concerns now seem to
have subsided. According to the Irish budget company, flight operations to the
United Kingdom can continue without problems after leaving on 29 March.
 
Even if the British Parliament votes against the Brexit agreement between
Prime Minister May and the EU, this does not mean that the flights to the
United Kingdom have to be discontinued. Ryanair came to this conclusion after
the European Commission gave some reassurances last week, marketing director
Kenny Jacobs said on Wednesday at a press conference in London.
 
Ryanair's customers also seem to have little concern about the effects of
Brexit on air traffic. "The demand for airline tickets remains very strong.
Both Britons and Europeans continue to book tickets [on flights to and from
the UK] en masse for the period after the Brexit, "said Jacobs according to
Reuters news agency. A sales record was recently broken.
 
Flybe
The marketing director went on to say at the press conference that Ryanair is
not interested in a takeover of the ailing airline Flybe, which offered itself
for sale last week. Jacobs thinks that Flybe is bought by a combination of
parties and then split into different parts.

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