1.   Also, the presidents signed an open skies agreement that will permit unrestricted international air traffic between the countries.

2.   An open skies agreement would lift all restrictions on routes, fares and frequencies between the two countries.

3.   An open skies agreement would lift all restrictions on routes, fares, and frequencies between the two countries.

4.   And the British have maintained they will not sign an open skies agreement until the alliance wins U.S. antitrust approval.

5.   And the U.S. is adamant in its insistence that an open skies agreement is a precondition for U.S. antitrust immunity for a Delta-Air France marketing alliance.

6.   All but Britain have open skies agreements with the United States.

7.   But the deal is contingent on the United States and Britain completing the open skies agreement.

8.   Clinton told Hashimoto in their meeting the U.S. was willing to discuss an interim step toward an open skies agreement between the two countries, according to Tarullo.

9.   For years, British officials have stubbornly refused to negotiate a more liberal, so-called open skies agreement.

10.   Gerchick said the U.S. believes Singapore can help convince other countries in Asia of the importance of open skies agreements.