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How much will a flight cost after Brexit?

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trisher Fri 14-Jul-17 13:51:03

With Ryan Air stating that it may not fly to the EU from Britain after Brexit and easyjet setting up an operation in Austria are we looking towards a time when there will be no cheap flights to EU countries?

petra Sun 16-Jul-17 16:58:56

I would imagine that if it didn't work out as Ryanair and easyJet want it to, Norwegian Air (a budget airline) will be more than happy and willing to fill the vacuum.

Mamie Sun 16-Jul-17 17:00:42

Would they be able to circumvent the Open Skies agreement, Petra?

Mamie Sun 16-Jul-17 17:05:23

Richard North is a "leaver" and he seems to suggest there might be a few problems.
www.eureferendum.com/blogview.aspx?blogno=85068

petra Sun 16-Jul-17 17:24:39

mamie
I'm wondering if Norway would find a way round this as they are neither 100% in or out of the eu. I'm sure there's something in the small print that expensive lawyers could find a way round wink
Ever optimistic.

Mamie Sun 16-Jul-17 17:35:50

To be honest, the solution to all this is EEA / EFTA for however long is necessary. I would much prefer to stay in the EU, but it seems to me that this would be the financially prudent way to proceed, until opinion changes. I really don't understand people saying "it will all be fine" when it is clearly impossible to undo 40 years of legislation in less than two years.

rosesarered Sun 16-Jul-17 18:18:24

What makes you think it's impossible? Difficult yes, impossible no.

Maggiemaybe Sun 16-Jul-17 18:42:32

Exactly, roses.

Tegan2 Sun 16-Jul-17 18:51:28

But none of this needed to HAPPEN did it?

GillT57 Sun 16-Jul-17 18:52:06

I can't even bear to read all through this thread, I think I will develop apoplexy reading all the defensive posts from Brexiteers. You bloody voted for it, what did you think would happen? Or did you honestly, truly believe the spin and nonsense of the Brexit camp? Maybe if O'Leary put his misgivings and worries about the future of flights out of/into/over British airspace on to the side of a red bus you would believe it? Give me strength, your pitiful claims that you are sure everything will be alright....don't any of you watch the news, read newspapers?

rosesarered Sun 16-Jul-17 18:53:44

Some of us may develop apoplexy from reading the barmy claims that there will be empty skies GillT57

rosesarered Sun 16-Jul-17 18:55:10

Yes 'we bloody voted for it' ......and some of us are bloody glad that we did.So there! grin

Mamie Sun 16-Jul-17 18:57:15

Because it will take far more Civil Service time than there is capacity. Because major and complex IT systems take far more than two years to design and implement. Because the whole thing is likely to be fraught with dozens of legal challenges. Because there needs to be a clear, costed, structured plan for where the UK wants to be in two years time.
What hard evidence do you have that these things can be done?

trisher Sun 16-Jul-17 18:58:53

Reminds me of the story of the optimistic child whose dad filled his room with horse manure instead of presents one Christmas to try and make him less optimistic. The boy was delighted "Oh dad thanks," he said, "With all this s--t there must be a pony here somewhere."

whitewave Sun 16-Jul-17 19:00:26

The civil service think it is impossible.

GillT57 Sun 16-Jul-17 19:05:24

Correction; I have now gone back and read all of this thread and it is even worse than I thought. Buy a motorhome? That costs an awful lot more than a few Ryan Air flights. I am not fan of O'Leary, but why is it that Brexiteers, and you know who you are on here, insist that 'experts' ie people who work in industry that will be affected by this lunacy, are talking nonsense? You are as bad as Boris with his rudeness, and whoever the idiot was on Good Morning on Radio 4 on Thursday morning who simply dismissed the fears of the Association of Radiologists re Euroatom, you can't just put your hands over your ears and sing la-la-la-la you know, these things need to be discussed. And, lets face it, you started this disaster so you can't just tell the rest of us that it will all be ok when you have no such idea at all, the people doing the negotiations have made it apparent that they don't know what the hell is going on so what makes any of you Brexit voters better qualified? Or are you whistling in the dark because you realise you have been had for fools by a big red bus?

rosesarered Sun 16-Jul-17 19:07:41

More rude angry posts GillT57 ?

Tegan2 Sun 16-Jul-17 19:14:58

No roses; just a request for answers and not suppositions. None of which are ever forthcoming. All we get is 'you lost and we won' and 'everything will be ok in the end'.

rosesarered Sun 16-Jul-17 19:19:30

Why ask other Gransnetters for all the answers Tegan and exactly who is saying 'you lost and we won' on here? Nobody.
This was a thread started about flights and has degenerated into the usual bash anybody who voted to leave the EU. Again!

Ana Sun 16-Jul-17 19:20:29

Oh yes, that big red bus and the message on it! Must have turned all the Leave voters' heads because they were so stupid...hmm

rosesarered Sun 16-Jul-17 19:20:51

I can't believe that anybody really thinks it will result in no flights in or out of Britain for two months.....ludicrous.

GillT57 Sun 16-Jul-17 19:23:57

Not rude rosesared, but yes, very angry. The smug assurances that everything will be ok are irritating beyond belief, and I still do not know what on earth you think you voted for? Empty skies? Increased food prices? American imported meat? Unpicked fruit and vegetables in the fields? Or is it all ok because of some vague feeling that you have all taken back control? No, I don't think that everything will be ok in the end, most of us don't. A year after this disaster and it gets worse by the day, can you, or anyone who voted for this debacle, tell me ONE thing which has improved or will improve in your life as a result of leaving Europe?

Maggiemaybe Sun 16-Jul-17 19:25:03

Is there really any need to get so vitriolic and personal, name-calling and sniping like kids in the playground? I'm actually a remainer, so no, I didn't "bloody vote for it". I can see tough times ahead. I do, however, refuse to get caught up in the Doomsday scenario being played out on here.

Maggiemaybe Sun 16-Jul-17 19:26:56

"Not rude", * GillT57?*. I suggest you re-read your recent posts.

GillT57 Sun 16-Jul-17 19:28:14

Nobody has stated for certain that there will be empty skies for 2 months, but there is a theoretical and distinct possibility, is the possibility of no isotopes for cancer treatments ludicrous too? Or is the Association of Radiologists just making mischief Rose?

varian Sun 16-Jul-17 19:29:25

I can't believe that anyone, let alone 37% of the electorate actually voted for a pig in a poke- absolutely no idea what the dire implications of brexit could be. So irresponsible. Unbelievable.