"We can ground airplanes for a week, two weeks, three weeks. It
would be very painful," O'Leary told Reuters in Berlin. "But we
are a big company, we can survive."
O'Leary had warned last month that there were no assurances that
an agreement would be in place enabling flights to continue
after Britain exits the European Union next March.
O'Leary said he did not expect Ryanair to grow in Germany next
year, after closing its bases in the northern city of Bremen and
at Weeze near Duesseldorf.
"Our traffic will be flat," O'Leary said.
O'Leary reiterated that he was confident that Ryanair could
resolve its dispute with German unions representing pilots and
cabin crew. He said talks were making progress and that he did
not expect further labor strikes in the coming weeks.
(Reporting by Klaus Lauer; writing by Maria Sheahan; editing by
Thomas Seythal and Jason Neely)
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