open skies
Travel Community Declares Victory for Open Skies Agreements
U.S. Travel Association | June 28, 2016
WASHINGTON (June 28, 2016)—U.S. Travel Association President and CEO Roger Dow issued the following statement on reports that the U.S. government has rejected calls from the Big 3 domestic airlines and their union allies to tamper with Open Skies aviation agreements: "The decision confirmed by the State Department is an unequivocal victory for the U.S. economy, U.S. workers and travelers all over the world. The Big 3 airlines and their union allies asked for two things that would have dramatically harmed fliers and the economy—one, enter formal consultations to renegotiate specific Open Skies agreements; and two, freeze...
Bombshell Report Turns Open Skies Debate on Its Head
U.S. Travel Association | April 8, 2015
WASHINGTON (April 8, 2015)-U.S. Travel Association Executive Vice President for Public Affairs Jonathan Grella issued the following statement on a Congressional Research Service report, unearthed by the Business Travel Coalition via WikiLeaks, finding that U.S. airlines received $155 billion in federal subsidies between 1919 and 1998: "The Big Three U.S. airlines have constructed themselves an enormous glass house, and their amnesia about their own subsidies has now cost them the credibility of their own core argument for breaking Open Skies agreements. I give all credit to our friends at the Business Travel Coalition for discovering ...
