Otherwise, the UK would have to enter into individual agreements with EU countries to get around these concerns, but that would take a long time. The ECAA and horizontal agreements allow EU airlines to fly from the UK to 17 other non-ECAA countries, such as the US, Australia and New Zealand, with reduced restrictions. This has significantly increased the number of lines and carriers available to consumers. With a focus on air transport, the UK will remain in common European airspace for the remainder of 2020 and will allow airlines on both sides to have reciprocal access to routes between the UK and the rest of the internal aviation market. In addition, it considers the UK within the European Union Aviation Safety Agency to ensure that existing safety rules are not interrupted. In addition, it will be necessary for the aviation industry to monitor how the terms of the withdrawal agreement are transposed into English legislation in order to preserve legal certainty and to understand the new UK regulatory environment for air transport. Britain will automatically leave the ECAA with all horizontal agreements negotiated by the EU at the end of the transition period. It also means that BRITISH airlines will no longer be subject to ECJ jurisdiction or EESA supervision. Following its exit from the EU on 31 January 2020, the UK entered a transitional period until 31 December 2020. During the transition period, EU legislation and the UK and its aviation sector continue to participate in the systems of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EEAS). The United Kingdom remains a party to the EU Air Transport Regulation and the Mutual Recognition Provisions established in accordance with EESA`s basic regulations.
Existing agreements between the EU and third countries, such as air link and aviation safety agreements, continue to include the UK. As a result, businesses and individuals operating in the UK did not see any change in pre-existing conditions prior to the UK`s withdrawal from the EU on 31 January 2020. Beyond the transition period, the UK will have to negotiate new bilateral agreements with 17 non-EU countries, in addition to the agreement with the EU on new market access rules, which currently grant rights under EU agreements. New security bilates will also be needed. Uk Transport Minister Grant Shapps has signed an air transport agreement with the US to ensure continued air traffic between the two countries after the end of the transitional Brexit period in January 2021. Britain could negotiate a similar agreement with Bosnia and Herzegovina to reintegrate the ECAA as a non-EU country. British airlines would continue to enjoy all nine flight freedoms. However, this would require the unanimous support of each Member State. This is highly unlikely, as Spain has hinted that it will veto any agreement that includes Gibraltar International Airport. Both sides have until June 30 to decide whether the transition period should be extended from 12 to 24 months to give more time to reach an agreement.
However, the UK Conservative government has strongly ruled out a request for an extension, although the talks are well below schedule. Firstly, the EU Law (Withdrawal Act) of 2018 is expected to adopt all EU aviation laws at the end of the transition period. The UK “completely withdraws from the EAS system on 1 January 2021, which means that the CAA must perform regulatory functions without eESA added a technical agent and access to dense AI and EU capabilities.” Both the British Parliament and the European Parliament have definitively ratified the withdrawal agreement, which was renegotiated in October 2019. As a result, the UK remains bound in the EU internal market and customs union and its rules until 31 December 2020, when it ceases to be a member state.