Travel Question: Will Brexit hold up my flight in April?

Have a question? Ask our expert Simon Calder

Flights to Hong Kong can include connections at EU hubs (iStock)

Q Friends of mine are getting married in Hong Kong in April 2019. Can I confidently book a flight there for the event, without worrying about a no-deal Brexit?

Joanna W

A Up to a point. There is no reason that I can see to fret about non-stop flights to Hong Kong from Heathrow on British Airways, Cathay Pacific or Virgin Atlantic, or from Manchester on Cathay. None would be jeopardised by a no-deal Brexit. Long-haul flights that cross EU territory are governed by the 1944 Chicago Convention. This allows aircraft from every signatory nation to fly “in transit non-stop” across any other country signed up to it. All EU countries are signatories, including those you could fly over along the way: the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Estonia.