Comparison of US Open Skies Agreements With Canadian Blue Sky Agreements draft of 25 August 2011 compiled by InterVISTAS Consulting Inc.
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U.S. Open Skies Agreements No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70
Canadian Open Skies Agreements
Application
Date Concluded
All-cargo 7ths
Cargo Only
Netherlands Belgium Finland Denmark Norway Sweden Luxembourg Austria Iceland Czech Republic Germany Jordan Singapore Taiwan Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua
In Force Provisional In Force In Force In Force In Force In Force In Force In Force In Force Provisional In Force In Force In Force In Force In Force In Force Provisional In Force
10/14/1992 3/1/1995 3/24/1995 4/26/1995 4/26/1995 4/26/1995 6/6/1995 6/14/1995 6/14/1995 12/8/1995 2/29/1996 11/10/1996 1/22/1997 2/28/1997 5/8/1997 5/8/1997 5/8/1997 5/8/1997 5/8/1997
------------Yes -------
Panama New Zealand Brunei Malaysia Aruba Chile Uzbekistan Korea Peru Netherland Antilles Romania Italy U.A.E. Pakistan Bahrain Tanzania Portugal Slovak Republic Namibia Burkina Faso Turkey Gambia Nigeria Morocco Ghana Rwanda Malta Benin Senegal Poland Oman Qatar France Sri Lanka Uganda Cape Verde Samoa Jamaica Tonga Albania Madagascar Gabon Indonesia Uruguay India Paraguay Maldives Ethiopia Thailand Mali Bosnia and Herzegovina
In Force In Force In Force In Force In Force In Force In Force In Force In Force In Force In Force C&R In Force In Force In Force Provisional In Force In Force C&R In Force In Force In Force Provisional In Force In Force In Force In Force N/A In Force In Force C&R Provisional In Force In Force In Force In Force In Force In Force In Force In Force Provisional In Force C&R In Force In Force Provisional In Force Provisional In Force In Force In Force
5/8/1997 5/29/1997 6/20/1997 6/21/1997 9/18/1997 10/28/1997 2/27/1998 4/23/1998 6/10/1998 7/14/1998 7/15/1998 11/11/1998 4/13/1999 4/29/1999 5/24/1999 11/3/1999 12/22/1999 1/7/2000 2/4/2000 2/9/2000 3/22/2000 5/2/2000 8/26/2000 10/5/2000 10/11/2000 10/11/2000 10/12/2000 11/28/2000 12/15/2000 5/31/2001 9/16/2001 10/3/2001 10/19/2001 11/1/2001 6/4/2002 6/21/2002 7/4/2002 10/30/2002 9/19/2003 9/24/2003 3/10/2004 5/26/2004 7/26/2004 10/20/2004 1/15/2005 5/2/2005 5/5/2005 5/17/2005 9/19/2005 10/17/2005 11/22/2005
------Yes -Yes Yes Yes -Yes --Yes Yes Yes Chart Only Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes -Yes Yes --Yes Yes Yes Yes ---Yes -Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes -Yes Yes -Yes Yes --Yes Yes Yes -Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Partner
-Yes Yes --Yes ------------------------------Yes -Yes -------------
7 8 9 10
Partner European Union* European Union* European Union* European Union*
Application Provisional Provisional Provisional Provisional
Date Concluded 12/18/2009 12/18/2009 12/18/2009 12/18/2009
All-cargo 7ths Yes Yes Yes Yes
11 12 13 2 14 15
European Union* European Union* European Union* Iceland European Union* European Union*
Provisional Provisional Provisional Provisional Provisional Provisional
12/18/2009 12/18/2009 12/18/2009 7/18/2007 12/18/2009 12/18/2009
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
8/11/2011 4/29/2010
tbd tbd
No.
39 Costa Rica 34 El Salvador
1 1
6 New Zealand
Provisional
7/21/2009
Yes
5 Republic of Korea
Provisional
9/5/2008
Yes
16 European Union* 17 European Union*
Provisional Provisional
12/18/2009 12/18/2009
Yes Yes
18 European Union* 19 European Union*
Provisional Provisional
12/18/2009 12/18/2009
Yes Yes
20 European Union*
Provisional
12/18/2009
Yes
21 European Union*
Provisional
12/18/2009
Yes
22 European Union*
Provisional
12/18/2009
Yes
36 Jamaica
Provisional
12/20/2010
tbd
Cargo Only
71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79
Cameroon Cook Islands Chad Kuwait Liberia Canada Bulgaria Cyprus Estonia Greece
In Force In Force Provisional In Force In Force In Force Provisional Provisional Provisional Provisional
2/16/2006 2/28/2006 5/31/2006 8/30/2006 2/15/2007 3/12/2007 4/30/2007 4/30/2007 4/30/2007 4/30/2007
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes -----
-Yes ---------
Hungary
Provisional
4/30/2007
--
--
Ireland
Provisional
4/30/2007
--
--
Latvia
Provisional
4/30/2007
--
--
80 81 82 83
Lithuania
Provisional
4/30/2007
--
--
Slovenia
Provisional
4/30/2007
--
--
Spain
Provisional
4/30/2007
--
--
United Kingdom
Provisional
4/30/2007
--
--
Georgia
In Force
12/6/2007
Yes
--
Australia
C&R
2/14/2008
Yes
--
Kenya
C&R
5/30/2008
--
--
C&R In Force In Force In Force In Force In Force
10/3/2008 11/21/2008 3/16/2010 5/1/2010 6/21/2010 10/25/2010 3/13/2008 4/23/2010 7/1/2010 11/11/2010 12/3/2010 4/18/2011
Yes Yes Yes Yes --Yes ------
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United States European Union* European Union* European Union*
In Force Provisional Provisional Provisional
3/12/2007 12/18/2009 12/18/2009 12/18/2009
Yes Yes Yes Yes
26 European Union*
Provisional
12/18/2009
Yes
27 European Union*
Provisional
12/18/2009
Yes
28 European Union*
Provisional
12/18/2009
Yes
29 European Union*
Provisional
12/18/2009
Yes
30 European Union*
Provisional
12/18/2009
Yes
31 European Union*
Provisional
12/18/2009
Yes
32 European Union*
Provisional
12/18/2009
Yes
33 European Union*
Provisional
12/18/2009
Yes
37 Trinidad & Tobago 35 Switzerland
Provisional Provisional
12/20/2010 10/22/2010
tbd tbd
Provisional
4/4/2008
Yes
1 23 24 25
84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103
Laos Armenia Zambia Trinidad & Tobago Switzerland Japan Croatia Israel Barbados4 Colombia4 Brazil4 Saudi Arabia
1 1 2 2 2
C&R
3 Barbados 38 Brazil 4 Dominican Republic
Provisional Provisional
8/8/2011 5/9/2008
tbd Yes
Notes:
Bold denotes countries that are included under the U.S.-EU Air Transport Agreement
The Canada-U.S. agreement was reached in 2005, but delays to implementation left the Canada-UK agreement the first to be in place
Italics denote Members of MALIAT
Note that "Blue Sky" agreements are not necessarily "Open Skies" agreements. They tend to have liberal features under the new policy, but do not exhibit all the characteristics of open skies (e.g., 5ths and cargo 7ths). This table includes only Open Skies agreements.
C&R stands for "Comity and Reciprocity." Where for legal reasons agreements cannot be put into Provisional Effect, the Parties agree to apply the rights on the basis of comity and reciprocity.
1 2
Agreement signed but not applied Date agreement reached, but not yet signed or applied
Released by the Bureau of Economic, Energy and Business Affairs Washington, DC Updated 18 April 2011
Expanded agreements also include: Mexico, Japan, Jordan, Singapore, the Phillipines, Morocco, Cuba, Egypt and Algeria 1
Agreement signed but not applied * EU agreement has open 3rd and 4th freedom rights but will only become a true Open Skies type agreement (including 5th freedom rights) in Phase III tbd - cargo rights to be determined upon release of Agreement text Based on Transport Canada Press Releases, with clarifications from the CTA