The reasons for Brexit have been debated to a standstill, but of all the causes proffered, nobody posited that what the UK really wanted was the freedom to set its own aviation regulation.

Engine maintenance is a costly business, so much so that struggling Kenya Airways has been forced to tap state coffers to fund scheduled overhauls for the CF34-10 engines powering its Embraer 190 aircraft.

The privatization of Air India has proved to be a tortuous process, with few investors willing to take on a debt-laden flag carrier riddled with inefficiencies.