41.   The United States and the West African nation of Ghana signed an open skies agreement, Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater announced Friday.

42.   They said Washington would be willing to negotiate an open skies agreement with the EU as a whole whenever the EU was ready.

43.   Wissmann said an open skies agreement would help United Airlines and Lufthansa broaden their existing alliance.

44.   Without the open skies agreement, he said Malaysia had to work hard to negotiate landing rights in certain countries.

45.   French Secretary of State for Transport Anne-Marie Idrac denied on Wednesday that France intends to conclude a bilateral open skies agreement with the United States.

46.   In theory, an open skies agreement would mean that any airline from Britain or the United States could fly to any destination in either country.

47.   It also required the signature of an open skies agreement between the United States and Britain, liberalizing air services between the two countries.

48.   A Malaysia-US open skies agreement would be signed soon, he added.

49.   Besides requiring the divestiture of prized take-off and landing slots, the US government stressed the need for an open skies agreement with Britain.

50.   Besides requiring the divestiture of prized take-off and landing slots, the US government stressed the need for the signature of an open skies agreement with Britain.