The EU and the US form the world's two largest aviation markets with some 60 percent of global traffic, but a deal to free up this huge market for more competition has still not been agreed.
Next month's deadline to get a deal appears unlikely to produce results with March 2007 being touted as the probable date for an eventual transatlantic aviation pact to take off, according to media reports.
The European Commission's director of air transport, Daniel Calleja, was quoted as sayi...
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Lisbeth founded EUobserver in 2000 and is responsible to the Board for effective strategic leadership, planning and performance. After graduating from the Danish School of Media and Journalism, she worked as a journalist, analyst, and editor for Danish media.