EU 'frustration over what UK wants' as further trade talks loom
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By Alex Lennane
Politicians may be failing the UK, but the private sector has stepped up preparations for a no-deal Brexit, adding air freight capacity and new supply chains for the automotive industry.
In support of the saying that freight is like water and will always find a way to flow, today a partnership of Leipzig-Halle and Liverpool airports, together with Wynne Aviation Services, Jota Aviation, Airport Park Leipzig-Halle, Volga-Dnepr Group and handler Portground announced a Brexit contingency plan.
It will offer air freight services ...
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Matthew Loder
February 26, 2019 at 3:30 pmGood afternoon,
Do you have any transparency over whether HM Customs are ready and able to handle all the extra freight into these essentially regional airports? Isn’t that the next bottleneck, regardless of the extra costs of airfreight over roadfreight?
Alex Lennane
February 26, 2019 at 3:54 pmThat’s a good question. I’ll see what I can find out…