The U.S. and EU Approaches to Global Airline Alliances: Cooperation or Conflict

The United States and European Community (succeeded by the European Union in 2009), and its Member States, signed what is commonly referred to as the “U.S.-EU Open Skies Agreement,” (the “U.S.-EU Agreement’) on April 30, 2007. The U.S.-EU Agreement became effective on March 30, 2008. A second state of the U.S.-EU Agreement became effective on June 24, 2010. While the U.S.-EU Agreement contains, with some modification, all of the provisions of the “standard” U.S. “Open Skies” air transport agreement, the U.S.-EU Agreement also contains many additional provisions, including a number of sections providing for cooperation on various aviation-related matters between the U.S. and the EU. Pursuant to Annex 2 of the U.S.-EU Agreement, the parties to the agreement pledged to cooperate with respect to competition issues in the air transportation industry and, under the authority of Annex 2, the European Commission (EC) and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) in March 2008 undertook a joint research project which resulted in the issuance on November 16, 2010 of A report entitled “Transatlantic Airline Alliances Competitive Issue and Regulatory Approaches (“the EC-DOT Report”). The purpose of this paper is to examine the EC-DOT Report in light of the differing approaches taken by the U.S. and EU with respect to global airline alliances.

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• Authors:
  • Devall, James L
• Publication Date: 2011

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 251-264
• Serial:
  • Issues in Aviation Law and Policy
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: International Aviation Law Institute
  • ISSN: 1934-7170
  • Serial URL: https://las.depaul.edu/centers-and-institutes/chaddick-institute-for-metropolitan-development/research-and-publications/Pages/issues-aviation-law-policy.aspx

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air transportation; Air transportation policy; Airlines; Competition; Open skies; Strategic alliances
• Identifier Terms: Open Skies Agreement
• Geographic Terms: European Union countries; United States
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Aviation; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01345390
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 21 2011 10:08AM