Deals
U.S. Offers U.K. Worse ‘Open Skies’ Deal After Brexit
- Airlines in U.S. remain optimistic a deal to be reached soon
- Talks underway on treaty to ensure U.S.-U.K. flight routes
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The U.S. has offered the U.K. a more limited “Open Skies” aviation deal after Brexit than it has as a member of the European Union, but participants expressed confidence that the lucrative transatlantic market would continue unimpeded.
The main stumbling block in the negotiations is that the U.S. is using its standard template for aviation agreements, which has less generous terms than its deal with the EU, according to people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be named discussing private talks. Those terms could affect transatlantic flights operated by companies such as British Airways and Virgin Atlantic.