OPEN SKIES CASE
January 1st, 2002
BY KEITH NUTHALL AND MARK ROWEALTHOUGH the future of the controversial bilateral open skies agreements, struck between the United States and a string of European Union Member States, has been thrown into doubt by an advocate general of the European Court of Justice, this is by no means regarded as a disaster by Europe's airport industry.Antonio Tizzano has formally advised the full court to declare illegal deals made with Britain, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Austria and Germany, in effect ordering them to be redrawn. The ECJ usually follows the ...
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