Transportation Industry
EU/US : OPEN SKY TALKS ENTER CHALLENGING SECOND ROUND.
Transport Europe, May, 2008
The negotiations for a second aviation agreement between the USA and the EU got underway in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on 15 May (see also page 5). The European airline companies above all hope to see the American rules on investment and control of US airline companies relaxed as a result of these talks. In a speech given on 13 May in Brussels at the European Aviation Club, John Byerly, who will conduct negotiations for the US, set out his country's expectations. They centre on three areas: new traffic rights, liberalisation of investments and environmental constraints.
The most sensitive subject will be European investments in American airlines. During the debate for the first Open Sky agreement, the EU did not manage to change the USA's current policy, which...
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