ABSTRACT
The creation of a single European Common Aviation Area has been a major breakthrough. But while creating an open sky for air transport within much of Europe, it has had little impact on air/services between Europe and third countries. Such services are still regulated by bilateral air services agreements between individual European countries and states outside Europe. Except, of course, for the ‘open skies’ bilaterals with the United States and a handful of others, most of the existing agreements are quite traditional and protectionist.
