Brexit: the
Aviation Deal — December 2020

Finally agreed on Christmas Eve, the new trade agreement between the UK and the EU puts in place the post-divorce visitation rights for air travel between the two. The UK officially left the European Union on the 31st January 2020 and had a transition period to negotiate the basis of its future relationship which ended on the 31st December. Had there been no agreement, noone could be sure of the legal basis for international air transport between the two.

The aviation section covers a mere 25 of the 1,256 pages in the document — which shows its perceived importance. It encompasses three main points.