Ryanair and Wizz Air will strip UK investors of their voting rights from 1 January to comply with European Union rules on airline ownership. After the Brexit transition period ends, UK and other non-EU shareholders will not be able to vote at annual general meetings, the two airlines said in separate statements. The EU requires carriers that operate flights between two destinations within its borders to be majority controlled by EU citizens. The Irish carrier Ryanair said restricted share notices would be issued to UK investors in due course, specifying that they cannot "attend, speak or vote at any general meeting of the company". UK and other non-EU nationals will not be able to buy ordinary shares. "These resolutions will remain in place until the board of the company determines that the ownership and control of the company is no longer such that there is any risk to the airline licences held by the company's subsidiaries," Ryanair said.