EU Commissioner meets with Australian Transport Minister on open skies agreement

European Commission Commissioner for Transport, Antonio Tajani, met Australian Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Anthony Albanese MP, on 30-Nov-2009, to progress an open skies agreement with the EU as well as a global framework for managing the aviation sector's carbon emissions. Australian and European officials have been negotiating what would be a historic open skies agreement since Jun-2009. [more]