Israel Passes Open Skies Despite Protests
An agreement to allow unrestricted air services between Europe and Israel has been passed by the country’s parliament despite angry protests from airline workers who claim it could lead to job losses.
"The goal of the reform we approved today is to reduce the costs of flights to and from Israel and to increase incoming tourism," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement, adding that the deal had been under discussion for "many years."
The agreement, which was signed in March 2012, will give European carriers unrestricted access to points in Israel and affords Israeli carriers the same blanket access to the airports of all European states.
In its continuing expansion of Europe’s Common Aviation Area (CAA), the European Commission now aims to close deals with Ukraine and Azerbaijan, a commission official told Routes News.
“With Ukraine, our hope is that we could finalise that this year,” said the official. “The same for Azerbaijan. We hope to finalise it by the end of this year.”
Under its neighbourhood policy, the European Union is seeking rapid, comprehensive liberalisation of air markets with states to the South and East of the trade bloc.
Yet Israel negotiated a gradual opening of its aviation sector.
Despite the alarm of airline workers in Israel, the EU-Israel air transport market will only be fully open in 2018, 10 years after negotiations between the EU and Israel began.
Source: Routes
"The goal of the reform we approved today is to reduce the costs of flights to and from Israel and to increase incoming tourism," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement, adding that the deal had been under discussion for "many years."
The agreement, which was signed in March 2012, will give European carriers unrestricted access to points in Israel and affords Israeli carriers the same blanket access to the airports of all European states.
In its continuing expansion of Europe’s Common Aviation Area (CAA), the European Commission now aims to close deals with Ukraine and Azerbaijan, a commission official told Routes News.
“With Ukraine, our hope is that we could finalise that this year,” said the official. “The same for Azerbaijan. We hope to finalise it by the end of this year.”
Under its neighbourhood policy, the European Union is seeking rapid, comprehensive liberalisation of air markets with states to the South and East of the trade bloc.
Yet Israel negotiated a gradual opening of its aviation sector.
Despite the alarm of airline workers in Israel, the EU-Israel air transport market will only be fully open in 2018, 10 years after negotiations between the EU and Israel began.
Source: Routes
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