UK airlines are using a Brexit loophole to keep passengers flying this summer amid continued travel disruption. Some of the nation's biggest airlines are leasing fully-crewed jets from overseas to maintain flight programmes amid crippling staff shortages.
TUI, British Airways, Jet2 and easyJet are all using the system - known as wet-leasing - to comply with flight schedules. It enables them to sidestep post-Brexit rules, which require EU staff working on UK-registered aircraft to hold a British visa.
Low-cost airline easyJet has reported contracted eight aircraft from Latvia’s SmartLynx Airlines. Seven will operate out of Gatwick and one from Bristol.
