EU Approves EU-U.S. Open Skies Deal

European Commission Vice President for Transport Jacques Barrot today welcomed EU Member States' unanimous approval of the EU-U.S. Open Skies agreement. "The deal is of great political and economic importance…. This first phase of our transatlantic agreement is not a dead-end. I am confident that the process we have started today will continue onwards to deliver greater freedom for investors in aviation, even closer cooperation between the two sides and a healthier air transport industry in general, not just across the Atlantic, but in due course with other countries all over the world."

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