open skies
Cloudless expanse above
Open skies refers to international agreements allowing commercial airlines to fly freely between countries without heavy government restrictions on routes, frequencies, or pricing.
Such agreements promote competition and lower fares: The open skies treaty between the US and EU transformed transatlantic travel.
More literally, open skies can simply mean unobstructed sky: We watched the stars under open skies.
- blue skyUnclouded daytime atmosphere
- international flightsAir trips abroad
- air travelTransport by aircraft
- bilateral agreementsContracts between two nations
- freedomAbsence of constraint
atmosphere · liberalization · globalization · deregulation · free trade · aerial surveillance · flight paths · Eisenhower · cold war · arms control · trade routes · border crossing · cultural exchange · diplomacy · opportunity · tourism · aerial · economic integration
- aviation rightslanding rights, passenger rights
- skiesclouds, night sky, heavens, firmament, cloudscapes
- rusticbarns, cabins, farmhouses, log cabins, hay bales
- countrysidefarmhouse, farm, barns, farmyard, barn
- landformsmountain, cliff, valley, volcano, mountain ridge
open skiesrestricted airspace
Aviation exclusion area
no-fly zone · sovereign airspace · flight restrictions · military airspace · exclusion zone