Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

-----but I also understand that both Aer Lingus and Ryanair have plans should they need to change their status. That is a matter between the airlines and the regulator. If the United Kingdom crashes out of the EU without a plan on 29 March, on the following day it will be a third country and the changes would take effect straight away.

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