BRAZIL AND EU COULD STRIKE AIR TRANSPORT DEAL
May 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has requested authorisation from European Union (EU) ministers to launch negotiations to forge an EU-Brazil air transport agreement. Despite 4.4 million passengers flying between the EU and Brazil annually, there is no EU-Brazil agreement, just bilateral deals with 15 of the 27 EU member states. All agreements limit the number of weekly flights, particularly tightly limiting flights between the EU and São Paulo. There are also restrictions on carrying freight to Brazil and flying onto third countries in South America. ...
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