Next round of EU-US open skies talks scheduled for 22 March

Talks aimed at reaching a conclusion on the second phase of the open skies agreement between the EU and US resume on 22 March.

The first stage took affect in March 2008, and lifted restrictions on transatlantic flights between the EU and the USA.

Prior to the talks scheduled for later in the month, European Commission vice president of transport Siim Kallas on 11 March plans to update the current state of talks to transport ministers meeting in Brussels.

“Europe believes that the ground-breaking first stage agreement could be improved in a number of areas,” says the European Commission. “In particular the second stage agreement is a significant opportunity for both sides to normalise the rules on airline investment, thereby facilitating ownership of European and US airlines by each other's investors.”

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