Brexit and COVID-19 Combination Threatening European Aerospace Firms

July 17, 2020
Royal Air Force Airbus A330
The UK prime minister requested a Royal Air Force Airbus A330 to be decked out in a lavish color scheme at a cost of £900,000 ($1.1 million) to represent the UK’s global ambitions, but a lack of consensus at the negotiating table in Brussels could harm the British businesses he so wants to promote.
Credit: Sgt. “Matty” Matthews/Royal Air Force
British and European aerospace firms are calling on the British government and the European Union to urgently find consensus on a post-Brexit trading relationship. Without a deal set in stone at the end of December, industry is concerned its operations could be hampered by the additional cost of...

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