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<text id=92TT2190>
<title>
Oct. 05, 1992: Seeking a New World Order in the Skies
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
Oct. 05, 1992 LYING:Everybody's Doin' It (Honest)
</history>
<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
THE WEEK, Page 21
BUSINESS
Seeking a New World Order in the Skies
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<p>Plans to internationalize the airline industry run into flak
</p>
<p> Not since the days of the Red Baron have the transatlantic
skies seen such a dogfight. The global consolidation of the
airline industry is moving into a cross-border phase, led by the
desire of American carriers to secure overseas markets and
foreign airlines to buy stakes in some of the weaker U.S.
operators. These initiatives have triggered a war of words
between European and American transportation officials. In
reaction to British Airways' bid to acquire a 44% equity stake
in financially troubled USAir, a trio of American airlines has
closed ranks to oppose the deal, unless they are granted greater
access to British markets. At the same time, the German
parliament's Transport Committee threatened to terminate its
1955 air treaty with the U.S. if the Americans did not open more
airports to German airlines. The parliamentary salvo is seen as
a pre-emptive strike in support of Lufthansa German Airlines'
bid for the bankrupt U.S. carrier Continental Airlines.
</p>
<p> The disputes are heating up as U.S. carriers prepare for
1993, when Europe's skies are scheduled to be deregulated as
part of the Continent's push for a single market. While some
European countries, like the Netherlands, support ending most
limits on flights for U.S. carriers, others favor more
restrictions. U.S. Transportation Secretary Andrew Card hinted
that unless other countries open their skies to American
carriers, foreign airlines could face limited access to U.S.
cities. European airlines are eager to tap the American pool of
600 million passengers a year, which represents 40% of the world
market. Secretary Card met last week for the first time with
British Transport Secretary John MacGregor to help hasten a
decision by Card on whether to approve the British Airways-USAir
deal.
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</body></article>
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