Photo: daniel leal-olivas/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesWith Brexit talks between London and Brussels bogged down, Britain’s best hope for some progress preparing for life after the European Union may come from Washington. The U.S. and U.K. recently began negotiations on a provisional aviation agreement, without which no flights between the countries would be permitted after March 29, 2019, when Britain formally leaves the EU. For the roughly 17 million passengers who fly to London’s Heathrow Airport from North America annually, that offers some relief. Willie Walsh, chief executive of British Airways owner International Consolidated Airlines Group SA, recently brushed aside the prospect of grounded planes. Without aviation agreements, British flights are forbidden from landing in other countries.

Source: Wall Street Journal November 09, 2017 18:45 UTC