No-deal Brexit Risks Travel Chaos, Nightmare at Airports: IATA

No-deal Brexit Risks Travel Chaos, Nightmare at Airports: IATA
A British Airways plane taxis from Heathrow's Terminal 5 in London, England, on Oct. 25, 2016. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
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LONDON—A no-deal Brexit could wreak chaos for travelers and a nightmare at airports, global airline industry body IATA warned, calling on British and European Union aviation authorities to put in place a plan to avoid such a worst-case scenario.

Britain is set to leave the European Union on March 29, 2019, but with just over five months to go, Prime Minister Theresa May has yet to reach a withdrawal deal and both sides have stepped up preparations for the possibility there will not be one.