LONDON — London-based budget ******* easyJet says it is opening a base in Vienna, Austria, to prepare for the potential effects of Brexit.

EasyJet said Friday it will open a European Union base in Austria’s capital “regardless of the outcome of talks on a future U.K.-EU aviation agreement.”

The new easyJet Europe base will grow alongside two existing bases in Switzerland and ******* to form “a pan European ******* group.” Easyjet already has staff in Vienna and will add jobs there. But no positions will be moved from the U.K., where the ******* will continue have most of its operations.

EasyJet said the new base will protect their flying rights in Europe, but that they’ll continue to fight for a Brexit deal that at least allows flights between ******* and the EU.