EU, US Launch Second Phase of Open Skies Talks in Slovenia

Brdo pri Kranju, 15 May - US and EU officials were optimistic as they kicked off a fresh round of talks on the liberalisation of transatlantic air transport in Slovenia on Thursday. But the negotiations look set to be long and tough, as the US seeks to broaden Open Skies to other countries and the EU wishes to deepen the existing accord first.

Brdo pri Kranju. John R. Byerly, US negotiation team leader, Zoltan Kazatsay, Deputy Director-General at the European Commission's Directorate-General for Energy and Transport, Boyden Gray, US Special Envoy for the EU, and Mirko Komac, Director-General of the Slovenian Transport Ministry Directorate for Civil Aviation, at the press conference after the second phase of negotiations on Open Skies Agreement between the EU and the US. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju.
John R. Byerly, US negotiation team leader, Zoltan Kazatsay, Deputy Director-General at the European Commission's Directorate-General for Energy and Transport, Boyden Gray, US Special Envoy for the EU, and Mirko Komac, Director-General of the Slovenian Transport Ministry Directorate for Civil Aviation, at the press conference after the second phase of negotiations on Open Skies Agreement between the EU and the US.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju. Daniel Calleja Crespo, leader of the Swiss delegation, at the press conference after the second phase of negotiations on Open Skies Agreement between the EU and the US. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju.
Daniel Calleja Crespo, leader of the Swiss delegation, at the press conference after the second phase of negotiations on Open Skies Agreement between the EU and the US.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju. Daniel Calleja Crespo, leader of the Swiss delegation, at the press conference after the second phase of negotiations on Open Skies Agreement between the EU and the US. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju.
Daniel Calleja Crespo, leader of the Swiss delegation, at the press conference after the second phase of negotiations on Open Skies Agreement between the EU and the US.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju. Daniel Calleja Crespo, leader of the Swiss delegation, at the press conference after the second phase of negotiations on Open Skies Agreement between the EU and the US. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju.
Daniel Calleja Crespo, leader of the Swiss delegation, at the press conference after the second phase of negotiations on Open Skies Agreement between the EU and the US.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju. Daniel Calleja Crespo, leader of the Swiss delegation, at the press conference after the second phase of negotiations on Open Skies Agreement between the EU and the US. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju.
Daniel Calleja Crespo, leader of the Swiss delegation, at the press conference after the second phase of negotiations on Open Skies Agreement between the EU and the US.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju. Daniel Calleja Crespo, leader of the Swiss delegation, Zoltan Kazatsay, Deputy Director-General at the European Commission's Directorate-General for Energy and Transport, and Mirko Komac, Director-General of the Slovenian Transport Ministry Directorate for Civil Aviation, at the press conference after the second phase of negotiations on Open Skies Agreement between the EU and the US. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju.
Daniel Calleja Crespo, leader of the Swiss delegation, Zoltan Kazatsay, Deputy Director-General at the European Commission's Directorate-General for Energy and Transport, and Mirko Komac, Director-General of the Slovenian Transport Ministry Directorate for Civil Aviation, at the press conference after the second phase of negotiations on Open Skies Agreement between the EU and the US.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju. John R. Byerly, US negotiation team leader, and Boyden Gray, US Special Envoy for the EU, at the press conference after the second phase of negotiations on Open Skies Agreement between the EU and the US. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju.
John R. Byerly, US negotiation team leader, and Boyden Gray, US Special Envoy for the EU, at the press conference after the second phase of negotiations on Open Skies Agreement between the EU and the US.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju. John R. Byerly, US negotiation team leader, Boyden Gray, US Special Envoy for the EU, Daniel Calleja Crespo, leader of the Swiss delegation, Zoltan Kazatsay, Deputy Director-General at the European Commission's Directorate-General for Energy and Transport, and Mirko Komac, Director-General of the Slovenian Transport Ministry Directorate for Civil Aviation, at the press conference after the second phase of negotiations on Open Skies Agreement between the EU and the US. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju.
John R. Byerly, US negotiation team leader, Boyden Gray, US Special Envoy for the EU, Daniel Calleja Crespo, leader of the Swiss delegation, Zoltan Kazatsay, Deputy Director-General at the European Commission's Directorate-General for Energy and Transport, and Mirko Komac, Director-General of the Slovenian Transport Ministry Directorate for Civil Aviation, at the press conference after the second phase of negotiations on Open Skies Agreement between the EU and the US.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju. John R. Byerly, US negotiation team leader, Boyden Gray, US Special Envoy for the EU, Daniel Calleja Crespo, leader of the Swiss delegation, Zoltan Kazatsay, Deputy Director-General at the European Commission's Directorate-General for Energy and Transport, and Mirko Komac, Director-General of the Slovenian Transport Ministry Directorate for Civil Aviation, at the press conference after the second phase of negotiations on Open Skies Agreement between the EU and the US. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju.
John R. Byerly, US negotiation team leader, Boyden Gray, US Special Envoy for the EU, Daniel Calleja Crespo, leader of the Swiss delegation, Zoltan Kazatsay, Deputy Director-General at the European Commission's Directorate-General for Energy and Transport, and Mirko Komac, Director-General of the Slovenian Transport Ministry Directorate for Civil Aviation, at the press conference after the second phase of negotiations on Open Skies Agreement between the EU and the US.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju. John R. Byerly, US negotiation team leader, Boyden Gray, US Special Envoy for the EU, Daniel Calleja Crespo, leader of the Swiss delegation, Zoltan Kazatsay, Deputy Director-General at the European Commission's Directorate-General for Energy and Transport, and Mirko Komac, Director-General of the Slovenian Transport Ministry Directorate for Civil Aviation, at the press conference after the second phase of negotiations on Open Skies Agreement between the EU and the US. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju.
John R. Byerly, US negotiation team leader, Boyden Gray, US Special Envoy for the EU, Daniel Calleja Crespo, leader of the Swiss delegation, Zoltan Kazatsay, Deputy Director-General at the European Commission's Directorate-General for Energy and Transport, and Mirko Komac, Director-General of the Slovenian Transport Ministry Directorate for Civil Aviation, at the press conference after the second phase of negotiations on Open Skies Agreement between the EU and the US.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju. John R. Byerly, US negotiation team leader, Boyden Gray, US Special Envoy for the EU, Daniel Calleja Crespo, leader of the Swiss delegation, and Zoltan Kazatsay, Deputy Director-General at the European Commission's Directorate-General for Energy and Transport, at the press conference after the second phase of negotiations on Open Skies Agreement between the EU and the US. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju.
John R. Byerly, US negotiation team leader, Boyden Gray, US Special Envoy for the EU, Daniel Calleja Crespo, leader of the Swiss delegation, and Zoltan Kazatsay, Deputy Director-General at the European Commission's Directorate-General for Energy and Transport, at the press conference after the second phase of negotiations on Open Skies Agreement between the EU and the US.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju. John R. Byerly, US negotiation team leader, Boyden Gray, US Special Envoy for the EU, Daniel Calleja Crespo, leader of the Swiss delegation, Zoltan Kazatsay, Deputy Director-General at the European Commission's Directorate-General for Energy and Transport, and Mirko Komac, Director-General of the Slovenian Transport Ministry Directorate for Civil Aviation, at the press conference after the second phase of negotiations on Open Skies Agreement between the EU and the US. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju.
John R. Byerly, US negotiation team leader, Boyden Gray, US Special Envoy for the EU, Daniel Calleja Crespo, leader of the Swiss delegation, Zoltan Kazatsay, Deputy Director-General at the European Commission's Directorate-General for Energy and Transport, and Mirko Komac, Director-General of the Slovenian Transport Ministry Directorate for Civil Aviation, at the press conference after the second phase of negotiations on Open Skies Agreement between the EU and the US.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju. Zoltan Kazatsay, Deputy Director-General at the European Commission's Directorate-General for Energy and Transport, at the press conference after the second phase of negotiations on Open Skies Agreement between the EU and the US. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju.
Zoltan Kazatsay, Deputy Director-General at the European Commission's Directorate-General for Energy and Transport, at the press conference after the second phase of negotiations on Open Skies Agreement between the EU and the US.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju. Zoltan Kazatsay, Deputy Director-General at the European Commission's Directorate-General for Energy and Transport, at the press conference after the second phase of negotiations on Open Skies Agreement between the EU and the US. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju.
Zoltan Kazatsay, Deputy Director-General at the European Commission's Directorate-General for Energy and Transport, at the press conference after the second phase of negotiations on Open Skies Agreement between the EU and the US.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju. Zoltan Kazatsay, Deputy Director-General at the European Commission's Directorate-General for Energy and Transport, and Mirko Komac, Director-General of the Slovenian Transport Ministry Directorate for Civil Aviation, at the press conference after the second phase of negotiations on Open Skies Agreement between the EU and the US. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju.
Zoltan Kazatsay, Deputy Director-General at the European Commission's Directorate-General for Energy and Transport, and Mirko Komac, Director-General of the Slovenian Transport Ministry Directorate for Civil Aviation, at the press conference after the second phase of negotiations on Open Skies Agreement between the EU and the US.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju. Zoltan Kazatsay, Deputy Director-General at the European Commission's Directorate-General for Energy and Transport, and Mirko Komac, Director-General of the Slovenian Transport Ministry Directorate for Civil Aviation, at the press conference after the second phase of negotiations on Open Skies Agreement between the EU and the US. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju.
Zoltan Kazatsay, Deputy Director-General at the European Commission's Directorate-General for Energy and Transport, and Mirko Komac, Director-General of the Slovenian Transport Ministry Directorate for Civil Aviation, at the press conference after the second phase of negotiations on Open Skies Agreement between the EU and the US.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju. Zoltan Kazatsay, Deputy Director-General at the European Commission's Directorate-General for Energy and Transport, and Mirko Komac, Director-General of the Slovenian Transport Ministry Directorate for Civil Aviation, at the press conference after the second phase of negotiations on Open Skies Agreement between the EU and the US. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju.
Zoltan Kazatsay, Deputy Director-General at the European Commission's Directorate-General for Energy and Transport, and Mirko Komac, Director-General of the Slovenian Transport Ministry Directorate for Civil Aviation, at the press conference after the second phase of negotiations on Open Skies Agreement between the EU and the US.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju. Mirko Komac, Director-General of the Slovenian Transport Ministry Directorate for Civil Aviation, at the press conference after the second phase of negotiations on Open Skies Agreement between the EU and the US. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju.
Mirko Komac, Director-General of the Slovenian Transport Ministry Directorate for Civil Aviation, at the press conference after the second phase of negotiations on Open Skies Agreement between the EU and the US.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju. Boyden Gray, US Special Envoy for the EU, at the press conference after the second phase of negotiations on Open Skies Agreement between the EU and the US. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju.
Boyden Gray, US Special Envoy for the EU, at the press conference after the second phase of negotiations on Open Skies Agreement between the EU and the US.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju. Boyden Gray, US Special Envoy for the EU, at the press conference after the second phase of negotiations on Open Skies Agreement between the EU and the US. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju.
Boyden Gray, US Special Envoy for the EU, at the press conference after the second phase of negotiations on Open Skies Agreement between the EU and the US.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju. Group photo at the second phase of negotiations on Open Skies Agreement between the EU and the US. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju.
Group photo at the second phase of negotiations on Open Skies Agreement between the EU and the US.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju. Group photo at the second phase of negotiations on Open Skies Agreement between the EU and the US. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju.
Group photo at the second phase of negotiations on Open Skies Agreement between the EU and the US.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju. Group photo at the second phase of negotiations on Open Skies Agreement between the EU and the US. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju.
Group photo at the second phase of negotiations on Open Skies Agreement between the EU and the US.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju. Group photo at the second phase of negotiations on Open Skies Agreement between the EU and the US. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju.
Group photo at the second phase of negotiations on Open Skies Agreement between the EU and the US.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju. Group photo at the second phase of negotiations on Open Skies Agreement between the EU and the US. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju.
Group photo at the second phase of negotiations on Open Skies Agreement between the EU and the US.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

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