easyJet sets up in Austria ahead of Brexit

Low-cost carrier to establish new airline in Vienna

(FILES) This file photo taken on November 24, 2016 shows an Airbus A321 of English low-cost passenger carrier easyJet on November 24, 2016 at Toulouse-Blagnac airport.   
British airline easyJet said July 14, 2017, it had applied for a new air operator's certificate in Austria to allow it to continue flying in the European Union after Brexit regardless of the outcome of negotiations. / AFP PHOTO / PASCAL PAVANI
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British airline easyJet said Friday it had applied for a new air operator's certificate in Austria to allow it to continue flying in the European Union after Brexit regardless of the outcome of negotiations.

The application "will allow easyJet to establish a new airline, easyJet Europe, which will be headquartered in Vienna and will enable easyJet to continue to operate flights both across Europe and domestically within European countries after the UK has left the EU," it said in a statement.