leggevo qualcuno che auspicava voli ex italy da parte di VS con i nuovi accordi di open skies....
ed ecco una news interessante

Virgin Atlantic may begin non-stop services from Paris, Frankfurt, Milan, Madrid, Zurich and Amsterdam to New York, Paul Charles, a spokesman, said in an interview. Aer Lingus will add routes to three new U.S. destinations from Dublin.

European national carriers ``have a monopoly pretty much in their home countries. We don't think British Airways will start flying out of Paris or Lufthansa will start flying out of London after open skies,'' said Mike Powell, an analyst at Dresdner Kleinwort in Madrid. ``But Virgin's got lots of experience taking on that sort of competition.''

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EU Naive

``The EU is naive to believe the U.S. will deliver on the next stage of liberalization without sanctions so we are pleased the U.K. government has recognized this and demanded an automatic termination clause,'' Chief Executive Officer Willie Walsh said today in a statement.

British Airways, Europe's third-largest airline, may use any further liberalization to start domestic routes in the U.S., including routes from New York to the West Coast, Walsh said on a conference call with journalists.

Aer Lingus, Ireland's second-largest carrier, said it will use the accord to add three long-haul routes, Washington Dulles, Orlando and San Francisco, to its Dublin-based network by the end of 2007. The airline had been restricted to just four U.S. cities under an Ireland-U.S. agreement replaced by the EU accord.

UAL Corp.'s United Airways, one of two U.S. airlines with exclusive rights to fly between the U.S. and Heathrow, said the agreement would allow it to work with other airlines to operate trans-Atlantic routes. The other U.S. carrier is AMR Corp.'s American Airlines.

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`Most Ambitious'

``Delta and Continental would be, in my view, the most ambitious of the U.S. airlines in terms of seeking slots at London Heathrow,'' said Robert Cullemore, an analyst at Aviation Economics, a consulting company in London. ``Air France controls a substantial amount of slots for use on London-Paris services which may suffer a drop in demand,'' when a new cross-channel train service starts in November.

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fonte: BB