The deal that allows airlines to fly anywhere in the European Union to anywhere in the United States and vice versa promised to increase competition between carriers and possibly cut ticket prices.

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They can do it from nearly anywhere, be home at the end of their shifts and be ready to fly again anywhere in the world the next day.

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Each time, she kept the printout of his flight information behind a magnet on the door of the refrigerator, and on the days he was scheduled to fly she watched the news, to make sure there hadn't been a plane crash anywhere in the world.

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Their 41 code share partners will fly you almost anywhere in the world (no flights to Latin America from the U.S.).

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But at least airlines can now fly into anywhere in each country, as often as they like, at any fare they wish to charge.

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