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The Latest Headache for Brexit Britain: Gibraltar's Airport
In an unhinged first week of negotiations, the U.K. is caught between a rock and a runway.
When Britain kicked off its formal Brexit proceedings last week, few would have predicted that a minor airport would launch such a heated, ludicrous international debate.
The airport in question is certainly a strange one. Its runway crosses a major local road, grinding traffic to a halt for the handful of takeoffs and landings it sees each day. But safety concerns aren’t the reason this airport ended up in the firing line. Located in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar, its future status has emerged as a surprisingly high-profile sticking point in Britain’s preparations to leave the European Union.