The EU called the potential economic benefit of the open skies agreements "very significant".
Before Open Skies, the SkyTeam alliance offered no transatlantic routes to and from Heathrow.
Maybe he dreamed of a place far away, under the wide open skies.
Under Open Skies, European and U.S. airlines will be given unlimited access between Europe and U.S. points.
Open Skies will intensify competition for ailing U.S. airlines on what has been their most profitable route.
Any open skies deal with America is also bound to bring a welcome shake-up to Europe's airline industry.
Earlier this year, the U.S. and European Union put in place an "Open Skies Agreement, " lifting the limit on transatlantic routes.
The European Union Transport Council on March 22 ratified the United States-European Union "open skies" agreement to liberalize the transatlantic airline market.
Whatever the merits of the case, it should not be for airlines to decide whether an open skies deal should be agreed.
BA-AA deal has been put in the freezer by regulators, it should be easier to have a straight negotiation on open skies.
Negotiations on the "open skies" proposals broke down in January this year.
Now, thanks to the new Open Skies agreement to liberalize the transatlantic airline market, it could be lucky in a third attempt.
But now that Open Skies has allowed Heathrow airport to open to other airlines, the way should eventually be clear for a deal.
The first open skies agreement, which came into effect in 2008, marked a significant step in the liberalisation of the transatlantic airline industry.
Later this year the European Commission is expected to begin negotiating 'open skies' deals with non-European Union countries on behalf of all EU governments.
The U.S.-EU open skies agreement, while mainly favoring the United States, will benefit the EU generally, though it will mean greater competition for UK carriers.
Under the "open skies" deal, US airlines would be free to fly to major airports in the European Union and from there to other internal destinations.
There are also thousands of poor families living under the open skies in cold weather here at the sprawling festival grounds in the northern city of Allahabad.
The new deal, which follows the first open skies agreement of 2007, is designed to make it easier for US and European airlines to buy each other.
If the U.S. doesn't deliver, there is a clause in the agreement that states the Open Skies treaty -- phase I included -- can be torn up.
BA, which has long dictated aviation policy to British governments, duly offered to drop its resistance to open skies in exchange for approval for its link-up with American.
The flow will be so large, you simply cannot afford to stop it, so politicians won't say no to global Open Skies merely to save a few airline jobs.
Parker does not see much of an impact on low-cost carriers from the Open Skies Agreement, a treaty in effect since March that allows carriers to fly new routes into other countries.
Until open skies are universal and limits on foreign ownership are relaxed, airlines will continue to live in the twilight world of shifting alliances rather than the clear day of global consolidation.
But as John Byerly, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Transportation Affairs and chief negotiator for Open Skies, explains to CNN, this is a red herring in terms of importance in aviation law.
Calin Onet, a marketing manager and analyst at PropertyShark, said that buildings facing Central Park and the open skies above have one enduring advantage: no new buildings would ever be built in front of them.
While open skies would undoubtedly help to clear transatlantic excess capacity and liberalisation between America and Europe would help to guide the logic of the marketplace worldwide, it must be preceded by better internal-market regulation.
But Northwest Airlines, which is the biggest carrier between the two countries, is holding out for full open skies, allowing American airlines to use Japan as a bus-stop to pick passengers up and fly them elsewhere.
It is particularly ironic that the United States is pursuing an "Open Skies" initiative with the Soviet Union at the very moment that it is considering abandoning its foremost system for exploiting the opportunities afforded by such an arrangement.
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