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01st Feb 2018

Ryanair reveals details of a ‘Brexit clause’ that will soon apply to Ryanair flights

Conor Heneghan

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A change in Ryanair’s terms and conditions will come into effect in 2019 if a new open skies agreement hasn’t been put in place before then.

Ryanair customers will be made aware of a clause that clarifies that flights are subject to a regulatory agreement allowing them to take place from next year onwards.

The clause is in relation to ongoing uncertainty over how Britain’s impending exit from the European Union will affect the existing open skies agreement that is in place for EU countries.

Currently, flights to and from Britain to countries in the European Union and flights to and from Britain to the United States, are covered by the EU-US Open Skies Agreement.

There has been a lack of clarification about what Britain’s position will be post-Brexit, however, or whether it will remain as part of the European Common Aviation Area, like some non-EU countries, such as Norway.

Airlines have spoken of an urgent need to clarify Britain’s post-Brexit position and speaking at the launch of the airline’s ‘Always Getting Better’ programme in London on Wednesday, Ryanair Chief Marketing Officer Kenny Jacobs confirmed that Ryanair’s terms and conditions will be subject to change.

Customers will be refunded in the event that the clause has to be exercised.

In a statement to JOE, a Ryanair spokesperson confirmed that, as the airline has stated previously, it would have to look at this measure if there is no alternative to open skies.

Kenny Jacobs said: “As we have said before, if there is no regulatory alternative to the Open Skies, we will have to consider a change to our terms & conditions for travel to/from the UK after 1 April 2019.

“We will review this ahead of the announcement of our Summer 2019 schedule which will go on sale in the autumn of 2018.”

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