Media statements on and coverage of the conditional approval of the EU-US "open skies" ATA

Following the unanimous conditional approval on 22 March 2007 by European Union transport ministers of the draft EU-US "open skies" Air Transport Agreement (ATA), statements have been released by:

• European Transport Commissioner, Jacques Barrot
• German EU Transport Council President, Wolfgang Tiefensee
• UK Secretary of State for Transport, Rt Hon Douglas Alexander
• US House of Representatives' Congressmen Oberstar, Costello and LoBiondo

Media coverage has included that in the Belfast Telegraph, BusinessWeek, the Guardian, the International Herald Tribune and the Times.