Aviation

Brexit ‘big challenge’ for Single European Sky initiative

Peter Kearney, the chief executive of AirNav Ireland, calls British exit the biggest thing to happen in the 20 years of the pan-European project

Peter Kearney, CEO of AirNav Ireland. Picture: Fergal Phillips

Brexit is causing issues for the Single European Sky (SES) initiative due to differences in regulations that now govern British and European airspace.

Peter Kearney, the chief executive at AirNav Ireland, said the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union is the “biggest thing” that has happened in the management of European skies in the 20 years of the initiative.

“We find ourselves in one regulatory stream, they have a different one, and they may or ...