Ryanair is cancelling flights Derry to Britain following a dispute with the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).
The Irish airline said yesterday that a 'sudden change of policy' by the CAA on Sunday that results in further restrictions had forced it to cancel UK domestic and international routes.
“Ryanair UK had agreed Brexit contingency arrangements with the CAA two years’ ago, and cannot comply with its new and impractical requirements at 10 days’ notice,” the airline said.
Paul Smith from the CAA said: “It is incorrect for the airline to state that the UK Civil Aviation Authority has changed its wet-leasing policy at short notice. "It has been our long-standing position that a UK airline with a significant presence in the UK, such as Ryanair UK does, should not rely heavily on using wet-leased, foreign-registered aircraft to undertake their operations....read here
