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Ireland’s Ryanair Holdings Plc has cancelled some UK domestic services after it said the country’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) imposed rules that made the operation of those flights impossible. The CAA said the rules weren’t new.
The CAA said that it was incorrect for Ryanair to state that the authority has changed its policy at short notice, saying that it has been a “long-standing position†that a UK airline shouldn’t rely heavily on using foreign-registered aircraft to undertake their operations. Ryanair cancelled 12 UK domestic and international routes, citing a CAA policy change.
The dispute shows the complications that may arise for European carriers that have so far been able to use aircraft registered in any country of the European Union to offer services across the bloc. The CAA said the policy had nothing to do with Brexit and the decision to cancel the flights had been taken by Ryanair alone.