past activities

Implications of EU-US Open Skies 

The United States and the European Union reached a tentative 'Open Sky' deal in November 2005 to dramatically expand aviation service and boost competition on both sides of the Atlantic. In April 2008, the Agreement will come into force.

On 6 March 2008, Airneth will organize a seminar to address the potential implications of the EU-US Open Sky Agreement.

Topics

For this purpose, Airneth has invited a number of its most acknowledged fellows to discuss the potential implications of EU-US in various areas. The following topics will be addressed:

• airline network development and market structure
• airport capacity and market liberalization
• environmental impacts
• foreign ownership, control and principle place of business
• harmonization issues

Speakers/authors/referees for this seminar include:

 

• Kenneth Button, George Mason University
• Eric Pels, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
• Richard Tol, Institute for Environmental Studies, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
• Karen Mayor, Economic and Social Research Institute Ireland
• Pablo Mendes de Leon, Institute for Air and Space Law, Leiden University
• Peter Morrell, Cranfield University
• Barry Humphreys, Virgin Atlantic
• Glen McDougall, George Mason University / MBS Ottawa

Referees include:

 

• Martin Thelle, Copenhagen Economics
• Klaas Pel, European Commission
• Jeroen Mauritz, Dutch Ministry of Transport
• Robin Valkenburcht, Dutch Ministry of Transport
• Hugo Gordijn, RPB
• Tim Figures, UK Department for Transport

Chairman for this workshop will be Hans de Jong, Councellor for Transportation, Royal Netherlands Embassy, Washington DC

 

Organizations already registered for this seminar

 

• KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
• Martinair 
• Air France
• Virgin Atlantic
• Schiphol Group 
• Dutch Ministry of Transport 
• Air Cargo Netherlands
• Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Slovenia
• Ghent University
• Autonomous University of Barcelona
• Delft University of Technology
• Copenhagen Economics
• UK Department for Transport
• Platform Nederlandse Luchtvaart
• Association of European Airlines
• George Mason University
• Leiden University
• Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
• MBS Ottawa
• Air Traffic Control Netherlands
• Clingendael Institute
• Inspectie voor Verkeer en Waterstaat
• Kennisinstituut Mobiliteitsbeleid (KiM)
• RPB/ Planbureau voor de Leefomgeving
• ESRI
• University of Bergamo
• European Commission
• French DGAC

 

Date and venue

 

The workshop will take place on 6 March 2008 at the Bilderberg Europa Hotel in the Hague. Please find the programme of this events as well as the route description to the workshop location below.

 

Documents concerning this workshop

The program, presentations, abstracts and papers concerning this workshop can be found here.

 

Related File

Find out about studies and other useful documents on EU-US Open Skies in our FILE EU-US Open Skies .