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'Common sense over Brexit negotiations' plea from Thomas Cook boss

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Tom Parry
27 July 2017

The boss of Thomas Cook has made a plea for "common sense" to prevail during the ongoing Brexit negotiations to enable aviation agreements to remain in place after Britain leaves the EU.

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Touching on Brexit during Cook’s Q3 financial results call, group chief executive Peter Fankhauser said "a lot has been said in recent weeks and there’s clearly a long way to go".

Fankhauser urged politicians both in Westminster and Brussels to “come to a long-term settlement”.

“But let me just make one plea: a plea for common sense, that politicians both sides of the Channel agree now to extend the existing agreements for air traffic rights beyond 2019 – for as long as it takes to come to a long-term settlement. That has to be in everyone’s best interests,” he told reporters.