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With ACE owning 9%, who thinks they will start PHL / CLT flights?
MONTREAL (Reuters) - Canada and the United States have widened their "Open Skies" agreement to allow airlines from each country to pick up passengers or cargo in the other and then fly on to a third.
Ottawa and Washington said on Friday the amended agreement goes beyond a 1995 pact that eliminated most restrictions on air travel between Canada and the United States, but limited each country's ability to tap into the other's international markets.
Under the new rules a Canadian carrier will be able to pick up passengers or cargo in the United States and fly on to another country -- Mexico, perhaps, or somewhere in Europe. And U.S. airlines can pick up passengers or cargo in Canada and fly on to another country.
But the widened Open Skies agreement does not allow for "cabotage," air traffic that begins and ends in one country by an air carrier of another country.
"Open skies between the United States and Canada will mean better service at lower prices for the passengers and shippers of both countries," U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta said in a statement.
Last year, some 18.6 million passengers flew nonstop between the United States and Canada, according to Transport Canada figures.
Air Canada parent ACE Aviation Holdings said the pact will allow it to capitalize on its arrangements with other members of the Star Alliance airline group, especially for overseas markets.
"Air Canada has long advocated the further liberalization of our shared skies so that we can better link our expanded North American network to our growing international network," said Robert Milton, chairman, president and chief executive at ACE Aviation.
Air Canada is the country's largest airline.
MONTREAL (Reuters) - Canada and the United States have widened their "Open Skies" agreement to allow airlines from each country to pick up passengers or cargo in the other and then fly on to a third.
Ottawa and Washington said on Friday the amended agreement goes beyond a 1995 pact that eliminated most restrictions on air travel between Canada and the United States, but limited each country's ability to tap into the other's international markets.
Under the new rules a Canadian carrier will be able to pick up passengers or cargo in the United States and fly on to another country -- Mexico, perhaps, or somewhere in Europe. And U.S. airlines can pick up passengers or cargo in Canada and fly on to another country.
But the widened Open Skies agreement does not allow for "cabotage," air traffic that begins and ends in one country by an air carrier of another country.
"Open skies between the United States and Canada will mean better service at lower prices for the passengers and shippers of both countries," U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta said in a statement.
Last year, some 18.6 million passengers flew nonstop between the United States and Canada, according to Transport Canada figures.
Air Canada parent ACE Aviation Holdings said the pact will allow it to capitalize on its arrangements with other members of the Star Alliance airline group, especially for overseas markets.
"Air Canada has long advocated the further liberalization of our shared skies so that we can better link our expanded North American network to our growing international network," said Robert Milton, chairman, president and chief executive at ACE Aviation.
Air Canada is the country's largest airline.