OK folks, everything's in place; Britain has said that it won't be blocking Open Skies, so within 48 hours, we could see the Open Skies agreement being approved by the EU Council of Ministers. Britain is still looking for a small concession, relating to a small delay (to March '08, when T5 opens) in LHR seeing new t/a flights - that's unlikely to see much opposition and won't delay everyone else.
So, after all the years of backward looking, parish pump politics, political spinelessness and lack of vision, we're finally going to get an unrestricted air deal between the EU and US, one which should provide some very exciting opportunities for EI.
Sure, there are risks and there will always be concerns about recession, but at the end of the day, the opportunities are there and if EI doesn't take full advantage of them, someone else will.
http://www.businessworld.ie/livenews...ollingnews.htm
http://investing.reuters.co.uk/news/...1-ArticlePage3