Airline News - Europe.Mar 26, 2007 Airlines give mixed reaction to open skies agreement The Open Skies Agreement is a recently negotiated treaty between the United States and the European Union. The agreement will allow any European or U.S. airline to fly any route between any city in the EU and any city in the United States. European Union European Union (EU), name given since the ratification (Nov., 1993) of the Treaty of European Union, or Maastricht Treaty, to the European Community (EU) transport ministers have reached agreement on an open skies  This article is written like a personal reflection or and may require .Please [ improve this article] by rewriting this article in an . deal with the USA at a meeting in Brussels today. Mar 22, 2007 EU ministers approve open skies agreement .EU ministers today unanimously supported an open skies proposal that would lift restrictions on trans-Atlantic routes. At the request of the U.K., they delayed putting the deal into effect until March 2008. The U.K. has objected to the agreement, saying it may weaken British Airways British Airways in full British Airways PLC International passenger airline based in London. In 1936 British Airways Ltd. was founded through the merger of three smaller airlines. and its hub at London's Heathrow Airport. Mar 22, 2007 Air Dolomiti Air Dolomiti L.A.R.E. S.p.A is a regional airline based in Verona in Italy. It is part of Lufthansa Regional linking 11 domestic destinations and Vienna with the Lufthansa network via Munich and Frankfurt. Air Dolomiti named Jorg Eberhart VP-marketing, network and commercial. Mar 22, 2007 British Airways British Air Summer timetable BA Summer timetable From Sunday 25 March British Airways to replace four Gatwick destinations with four new ones. Mar 22, 2007 British Airways British Air strikes out at open skies pact, urges rapid progress British Airways has struck out at today's open skies deal, labelling the five-month delay as unnecessary and pressing the UK Government to implement sanctions against the US if it fails to rapidly progress to the next stage. Mar 22, 2007 CSA (1) (Canadian Standards Association, Toronto, Ontario, www.csa.ca) A standards-defining organization founded in 1919. It is involved in many industries, including electronics, communications and information technology. Czech Airlines CSA Czech Airlines (in Czech: České aerolinie (abbreviation: ČSA)) is the Czech national airline company, and former national carrier of Czechoslovakia based at Ruzyně International Airport, Prague. , Delta Air Lines CSA Czech Airlines will place its code on Delta Air Lines' four-times-weekly Atlanta-Prague service from May. Flights operate five-times-weekly June 4-Sept. 1. Mar 22, 2007 Iberia Iberia is increasing its New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of JFK-Madrid service to 14-times-weekly from 10 beginning March 25. It also will begin using A340-600s on the route, raising overall capacity 68% compared to the winter season. Mar 21, 2007 Iberia Iberia will add a third weekly Madrid-Algiers flight starting April 11. Mar 21, 2007 Lufthansa Lufthansa extends Private Jet pact German flag carrier Lufthansa is eying expansion of its Private Jet service to the Middle East and the Asia Pacific as demand for the top-end service, operated as a joint venture with Europe's largest business jet operator NetJets Europe, continues to soar. Mar 21, 2007 Virgin Atlantic Virgin Atlantic may launch flights to the U.S. from several European hubs if the EU supports a proposed open skies agreement with the U.S. EU transport ministers will review the agreement on March 22 Mar 19, 2007 Z Editor: Aram Gesar, eMail: edit@AirGuideOnline.com For Air Transport & Travel Business Experts contact eMail: bizintel@AirGuideOnline.com For more global news, reviews, features and analysis, please subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; our Newsletters: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm#news To Advertise: advert@AirGuideOnline.com AirGuideFlightTracker is a new, free service that aims to keep travelers informed flight and airport status via the Web. For more go to http://www.airguideonline.com/airline_tracker.htm Copyright [c] 2007 Air Travel Media / Pyramid Media Group. All rights reserved. Mar 19, 2007 |
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